Blood Over Bright Haven: A Novel

Reviews

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   tim hernandezart – July 21, 2024

   Unique magic and world of consequences
   Great macabre magic system with strong characters. The action slows in the middle, but roars back to a strong finish.

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   Marcos – July 21, 2024

   Wow!This is so good!Wang does it again. After The Sword of Kaigen, a book that took me by surprise and left a longing taste, Blood Over Bright Haven also took me by surprise, even tough the expectations this time around were higher.Wang’s storytelling is enthralled, taking me to her world right at the first pages, with the intensity of Thommil run into Tiran, to barely scape the Blight. The name of the city of refuge is very suspicious and those suspicions will be confirmed as along the story we find out what the city is built on.And we do that, through Sciona’s story. A woman mage trying to get in a circle dominated by man.To make a long story short, this book talks about sexism, capitalism and the refugee crisis. A not so subtle analogy to the world we live in, but a finely crafted one that got me turning pages with anxiety at the fate of everyone involved.

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   valentina – July 21, 2024

   Un libro incredibile nella trama e la struttura dei personaggi, ti prende senza più lasciarti andare fino alle ultime parole , ritmo incalzante e mai noioso .secondo libro dell’autrice brillantemente scritto

4. 

   Elena Balibrea – July 21, 2024

   Aunque el principio te lanza de lleno a la historia sin darte muchas explicaciones y resulta un poco complicado entender el mundo y el sistema mágico, además de tener un lenguaje que no es sencillo para quien el inglés no es su lengua materna, conforme va avanzando mejora enormemente hasta convertirse en un libro sólido, con un argumento muy bien construido e hilado, con grandes personajes que resultan muy reales y muchas sorpresas a lo largo de la trama que son impredecibles. Me ha enganchado y conmovido y me ha parecido muy original. Totalmente recomendable.

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   Benzar Luzon – July 21, 2024

   Wang knocks it out of the park with this one. I read this immediately after reading The Sword of Kaigen, and I had my doubts on whether Wang could repeatedly create masterpieces. But she does so again and in such a creative way in this novel.First of all – the world building and magic system here is absolutely insane. The detail that goes into explaining the magic system is incredible. It adds a depth to the world that marks this as reality. The world-building and explanation of the magic system doesn’t fall into the pitfall of dumping this information on the reader. It drip feeds what is necessary at the time – it isn’t barebones to leave readers confused but it isn’t overwheleming to leave us confused – it is perfectly balanced.The characters themselves are so real, and remarkably well-written. Sciona as a protagonist is relatable but frustrating, at times endearing but also detestable, warm and kind but also cold like steel. There is something that is so incredibly human and real and intimate about Sciona that we as readers can’t help but see parts of ourselves in parts of her.The book is also a great critique of power-structures in our own world and the hypocrisy present in said power-structures. The book being a critique of these power-structures doesn’t add or detract anything for the story, it is more the methodology in which Wang brings attention to them which deserves praise. It is not heavy handed to the point where it becomes didactic, nor is it too subtle to lack substance. But Wang injects irony which in terms highlights the problems with many of these power structures.In short, yet another masterpiece from Wang. I’m waiting for the Threepeat!