Kaede, the ex-pit fighter
and Bess, the Witch, are a team, in the need for a mark; Sand aka SheepBoy just
happens to be that lucky fellow, shame he was found hanging from the gallows.
However, with some
sorcery and guile he is soon saved and offered a challenge, so the story
begins.
There is a smirk, giggle
or blood encrusted gore fest on nearly every page, but don’t the carnage or
daftness fool you, TM is an exquisite master of words able to build a scene and
tantalise you with a story line.
Once TM gets his wickedly
clever claws in you, you’re hooked and dragged along for the ride.
I liked the way that TM didn’t
go in for lengthy explanations of each creature, realm or peoples that he
created and added slowly to the mix, he allowed their “attributes” to seep in
slowly, building a world and mental image.
He was also pretty adept
at managing to fit in all sorts of lyrics with some odd choices! But made me
laugh.
I really enjoyed the
journey, loved the climax and was thoroughly charmed by the ending, it actually
had me snorting in giggles but it also left me desperate for a sequel.
I am infatuated with a
strange zombie head called Chatterbox from TM’s Demon Squad series (you have to
check this out!) but I think Gorf and Whineblade are now my triad of go to
critters for a good giggle.
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