Brian's Reviews > Corambis

This series just about blew me away. Most of the fantasy series I've found in the last couple years fall under the "Grimdark" genre, and it was enlightening to find this. (There is commentary from the author that claims these books are as dark and grim as they come, but there is entirely too little bloodshed, the characters are too sympathetic and relatable, and the overall world is too vivid and realistic with the possibility of being nice, for me to consider this grimdark.)
The books are written from a shifting first person perspective, and Monette gives excellent voicing to her characters. The writing itself is intentional and engaging; I found all of the books hard to put down. The story is deep and compelling, and while I found a lack of character growth in the first three books, the fourth book finally brought about some of the resolutions I thought were coming earlier in the stories.