The Kraken's Tooth (Seven Swords)
Anthony Ryan
THE GREAT MERCHANT CITY OF CARTHULA—RAISED FROM THE BONES OF A KRAKEN ON THE WHIM OF A GODDESS WHERE NOBLE HOUSES CALL UPON DARK MAGIC TO TRIUMPH IN THEIR ENDLESS AND DEADLY GAME FOR DOMINION… Landless one-time king Guyime, once called Pilgrim but known to history as the Ravager, has survived the fall of the Execration—an event that set him on a path to find the legendary Seven Swords. Guided by sorcery, Guyime journeys to Carthula in the centre of the First Sea to claim the mythical blade known as the Kraken's Tooth. Aided by three companions—the beast charmer Seeker, a powerful sorceress and a scholarly slave—Guyime ventures into Carthula's perilous underbelly to secure a prize guarded by ancient magics, cursed spirits, and lethal traps. But can he survive an ultimate ordeal crafted from his worst nightmares? Continuing the epic story begun in A Pilgrimage of Swords , The Kraken's Tooth is a fast-paced tale of low intrigue and grand adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Raven's Shadow and Draconis Memoria trilogies.
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I would like to thank Netgalley and Subterranean Press for an ARC of The Kraken's Tooth in exchange for an honest review.
So this was an ARC that I applied for without doing much research on, (because what even is reading the synopsis of a book for), clearly a lesson was learned this time. This is book two in a series, yes that's right people, book two.
So I could not in anyway give a real honest opinion on this if I read it without hunting down book one, so I did, I bought the e-book of A Pilgrimage of Swords. So yes this review will be done with prior knowledge of the last book.
The Kraken's Tooth picks up right where A Pilgrimage of Swords leaves off, but even with going into this book freshly after finishing the first, I was completely thrown off by the use of Guyime's actual name, and not the "name" he used in book one, but that's a me thing most likely, so take that with a grain of salt.
For me the first two chapters where kind of slow on the build up, but after that the momentum picked up and the action started to fall in, and I feel like the action was much more entertaining this time around. There was also some new magic elements brought in which were pretty interesting to me, I have never seen magic around map making so that was really interesting. There is another one but I 'll leave that for you to find out, I still found it a fascinating element.
What I liked most about this particular installment was more background into Guyime and some of the atrocious acts he took part in, or caused. One in particular broke my heart, wasn't strong enough to make me cry, but it did make me sad, and honestly I had the same reaction as Lakorath the sword, when it was revealed.
Which also I got more Sword talking in this one, which I loved! Please give me all the talking swords, I don't care if some are demon infested.
I will say though the final battle was very anticlimactic, all the previous battle and fight scenes in this were more entertaining then the final battle and the claiming of the sword was just very lack luster, in what I was thinking would go down. It might be due to part of how and why it happened and maybe the goal was to go for a softer approach but it was just kind of bland for me.
All in all, its not a bad book, it has lots of good action, and Guyime's past is intriguing, and I honestly want to know the connection between Seeker and her daughter to his hunt for the swords, so I'm sticking around till the end to see what happens in this series.
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