Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane)
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A solid high-stakes fantasy read.
I loved the Shadowhunter books when I read them years ago and enjoyed most of the other series Cassandra Clare wrote - her knack for vivid worldbuilding in perfect doses and creating flawed, but compelling characters worked for Sword Catcher as well. Within the first few pages I was transported into the magical city-state of Castellane, where the orphaned boy Kellier is chosen as the sword catcher for prince Conor. As young adults, caught between the foolish antics and wants of teenagers and the demands and politics of royal life, they boys - once close - begin to grow apart. While Conor rebels against the suffocating restraints of being the only heir to the Aurelian family, Kel finds himself drawn to the underworld of Castellane. Lin, a physician of the Ashkar, a small community of people who still possess magic, and Kel are brought together by a failed assassination attempt and soon find themselves entangled in the schemes of the nobles ruling Castellane. The entire world and many of the characters felt so real and tangible to me that I found myself immersed in the story for hours on end. Some passages dragged a little compared to the more action-filled parts of the book, but the overall pacing was balanced. Clare has been criticized for copying works such as Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, but honestly? The similarities felt surface level to me and were only in name and constellations of people at best. Overall I like Sword Catcher much more than I would have expected and I‘ll order the second book „The Ragpicker King“ soon.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
A solid high-stakes fantasy read.
I loved the Shadowhunter books when I read them years ago and enjoyed most of the other series Cassandra Clare wrote - her knack for vivid worldbuilding in perfect doses and creating flawed, but compelling characters worked for Sword Catcher as well. Within the first few pages I was transported into the magical city-state of Castellane, where the orphaned boy Kellier is chosen as the sword catcher for prince Conor. As young adults, caught between the foolish antics and wants of teenagers and the demands and politics of royal life, they boys - once close - begin to grow apart. While Conor rebels against the suffocating restraints of being the only heir to the Aurelian family, Kel finds himself drawn to the underworld of Castellane. Lin, a physician of the Ashkar, a small community of people who still possess magic, and Kel are brought together by a failed assassination attempt and soon find themselves entangled in the schemes of the nobles ruling Castellane. The entire world and many of the characters felt so real and tangible to me that I found myself immersed in the story for hours on end. Some passages dragged a little compared to the more action-filled parts of the book, but the overall pacing was balanced. Clare has been criticized for copying works such as Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, but honestly? The similarities felt surface level to me and were only in name and constellations of people at best. Overall I like Sword Catcher much more than I would have expected and I‘ll order the second book „The Ragpicker King“ soon.