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Review: Calamity by Brandon Sanderson
Failure is refusing to fight. Failure is remaining quiet and hoping someone else will fix the problem. Damn the final book in this outstanding series was so perfect for me. I loved every second of the journey. I despaired, I rejoiced, I felt the heartbreak and I laughed. It’s been an original plot with the best characters and Brandon Sanderson’s narrative is addictive. He draws you in with the promise of the tastiest piece of luxurious chocolate…I couldn’t resist! If I thought that the first book couldn’t be topped in the series, I was wrong. Wrong to the power of ten. Calamity was amazing! Just how do you deal with…
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Book Review: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #2)
Our favourite assassins are back in a break-neck, punch to the throat journey, Firefight. David has finally fulfilled his destiny and his father’s firm belief- that the heroes would come. Steel heart is dead. They are all intact, just. Life goes on and the trouble in this dystopian world is that a new epic will only take over and create a new empire of destruction and trauma. David never rested until Steelheart was nothing…what is his purpose now? Megan is gone, her betrayal still feeling hot in his chest. Move forward and aim for the next bad guy… My name is David Charlton and I kill people with superpowers. David…
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Book Review: Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanders on @orionbooks
Steelheart Author: Brandon Sanderson ISBN: 9780575104044 Publisher: Orion Imprint: Gollancz Publication Date: 25 September 2014 Blackwells Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills. Nobody fights the Epics…nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. He wants Steelheart – the Epic who is said to be invincible. The…
