There is a strong plot that drives each individual book, and the trilogy as a whole. The Godblind trilogy is quite possibly the first instance of a story wherein I’m struggling to pin down whether it is plot driven or character driven. And I don’t mean that each book represents a battle literally by the way, that’s not the plot of each book… Not so much so that you could read it as a standalone, but enough so that it is recognisable from its sisters, that it has its own personality and story to tell, whilst still being integral to the trilogy as a whole. However, each book is a distinct individual, each book represents a battle on the way to winning that war. There is an over-arcing story, a war to be won, that connects the three books together. The Godblind trilogy is one of those very few trilogies that transcends this. Book one is the intro, book two is the stepping stone, book three the finale. Conversely there are trilogies, or even series, out there that have the one over-arcing story spread over the three books, but the individual books don’t have their individual arcs. Like book one was written as a standalone and then books two and three were afterthoughts. They are connected by characters, or place, but have that slight disconnect from each other. There are trilogies out there which don’t quite convey that idea of an over-arcing story. Where do you begin, reviewing the last book of a trilogy? You can find my review for Godblind here, and Darksoul here.

Read more.Īs ever, I’ll try and ensure this review is spoiler-free, but if you’ve ended up here and you haven’t read the preceding books of the trilogy, please go away and do that now. In this epic grimdark conclusion to the Godblind Trilogy, heroes, armies, and gods both good and evil will battle one last time, with the fate of the world itself at stake. Genre: Grimdark Fantasy Page Count: 503 (Hardcover) Publisher: HarperVoyager Publication date: 22rd August 2019

The Year of the Knife by G.D. Penman