Eleventh Cycle (1) (Mistland)

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There are MANY things to love in these games (a single review won’t be enough to cover the details of it).

In fact, this part was probably where I felt the characterisation was most on point for the whole book – and this fed through into when she was sent home, back to the environment and people that had shaped her fear.Berserk and the Souls franchise were advertised as major influences and as a huge fan of both, I was convinced this would be a surefire winner for me. Then there is the fact that there is a map – which as anyone who knows me, will know is an instant bonus point.

The author does a good job of giving you all the information you need to enjoy the scenes as you get to them and learn naturally about the places, people and lore as the novel progresses. One particular group of characters in the book had me pretty enraged more than once with how their entrenched archaic religious beliefs and also social views with regard to family "status" overrode any speck of compassion or basic humanity that they may have had in them at one point in their lives. She gave me a wide and ugly grimace where her gums peeled back to reveal still growing and crooked teeth.This is all pure coincidence but also fitting to themes of decay and corruption often encountered in Soulsborne games. With the existence of Elder Kings, Elder Guards (the one in the cover art), and the unstoppable rot, it is understandable why readers/gamers might think that.