Author: Josiah Bancroft

I’m not even sure where I heard about Senlin Ascends (sorry marketers who are trying to pigeonhole strategies they can sell), but to say I loved that book is an understatement.

It changed my sensibilities about how awesome a book can be then smacked me twice in the face with 80s synonyms for awesome because I lack the vocabulary for decent adjectives that show excitement.

Naturally, I purchased the second book and left it on my Kindle for ages, telling myself I’ll get to it soon. While most of the waiting to read this was sheer procrastination, another part of me was afraid the second book in the series (this one) would be a crap-shoot only written in light of the popularity of the first.

I didn’t want my experience of Bancroft’s world ruined.

By the end of the first chapter, there was a smile on my face. I was right back into it and by the end, I will wholeheartedly admit this book lived up to the expectation of the first one. Even if it did leave on a Kill Bill vol. 1 ending, which… Josiah… I’m onto you.

The writing is outstanding, the characters are rich , the world is ridiculously creative and original and the story keeps you hooked.

Naturally, the question that follows is did I buy the third one immediately upon finishing the second? Yes, yes yes – a thousand times, yes.

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Then I read on the author’s website the series will conclude with the fourth one in 2020. Perhaps I’ll wait until it launches and read them both in one go… or… you’ll see another book review by the end of this year with more nonsensical teenage crushing on how much I loved it.

Yeah, I liked this one a lot.