For that reason alone I wholeheartedly recommend to start with the The Faithful and the Fallen series. I’d already imagined their futures, and after all the hardships they faced I wanted peaceful mornings, bacon, and juice for them. In the snowbound north, Drem, a trapper, finds mutilated corpses in the forests – a sign of demonic black magic. Since I’m used to reading a lot of fantasy that is a normal thing for me in the first book of a new series.

For those of you who’d read and loved The Faithful and the Fallen, this book will feel all the more like a precious gift, with a huge sentimental value!The Ben Elim have partnered with an elite fighting force of humans known as the White Wings as they seek to purge the last of the Kadoshim from the lands, but all is not well. In some ways it feels like diversity is the name of the game this time around as we have POV characters from different cultures and backgrounds uniting against a common threat. The Faithful and the Fallen is one of the series that I recommend the most often to every fantasy readers I know, whether it’s on Bookstagram, Booktube, Goodreads, or real life; I’m going to keep on doing that, except that starting from now, Of Blood and Bone will be included. The quality of writing, the plot, the characters, and the development of the world were all so so good and I am so happy that I was able to read more John Gwynne books.

There was also less humor and relief, for this is indeed a time of dread, with nothing except the bittersweet, warm memories and the unbreakable family links to alleviate the darkness.Drem is a bit more generic, father and son with a hidden past that gradually comes out over the course of the book but still very well done.