The Warded Man, published as The Painted Man in the UK, is one of the best epic fantasy books that I have read in a long time. Like most of the things I read, for one reason or another I put off reading this one entirely too long. Because of my manic compulsion to buy everything I see that even remotely piques my interest, I bought this book several years ago and it has languished in my TBR ever since.
Reviews
Review: The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1) by Peter V. Brett
Review: The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga #1) by Alexander Darwin
Mini Review: Moriarty the Patriot (Volume #1) by Ryosuke Takeuchi
Review: SHILOH: A Novella of the Civil War by Philip Fracassi
Review: Star Wars: A Test of Courage (The High Republic) by Justina Ireland
Review: Episodes 1-5 of WandaVision (Spoiler Free)
Review: Highfire by Eoin Colfer
I picked up Highfire due to what I had heard from other readers, which basically can be summed up as such: “It is about a lazy, oft-drunk dragon who has a crude sense of humor. Oh, plus murder or something.” That was about where my expectations were. I was looking forward to a funny, snarky, juvenile book about a dragon with some kind of plot snuck in there, and that is exactly what I got. I would say this book lived up to my expectations.