John Gwynne – Cannonball Read 17

Lots of climatic battles

The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne

May 26, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I finished this one back in February, shortly after reading the second novel in the series, so my memory is a bit lighter on details. This final novel follows the same five POVs as the previous novel (two were added in the second novel) and thus shows all sides of the pending battle. Elvar is in the middle of some of more interesting and far reaching plot points from a political perspective even if Orka remains the best character. Gudvarr remains that villain you love […]

It’s All Starting to Come Together

The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne

March 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

It feels like it’s been a while since I enjoyed a second book in a trilogy or series as much or more than the previous novel, but this one just worked! Since the previous book had spent quite a bit of time on set up, it meant this one could take advantage of that and give us more action. Of course, as a middle novel, it doesn’t give us all the answers and some of the action also is a way to get the characters […]

We come from the land of the ice and the snow

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

January 14, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I don’t track my reading by diversity the way some do, though I am curious what the stats would be. I definitely have a few auto buy authors that are also men, like John Scalzi, but my reading heavily skews towards women … YA fantasy and romance will do that. Still I ended up picking up some fantasy novels by men last year, and figured it was time to finally read a few of them, starting with this first book in a now completed series. […]

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