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Excellent tale. Good characters. Good action. Just so you know, if you try to read more about this book, about half the online sources call it "Greatcoats Lament" which would have been a much better title.

I remain unsure if coloring the Greatcoats brown is a good idea given that there is already an important Browncoat fan base that has nothing to do with this series.

I received a review copy of "Knight's Shadow: The Greatcoats: Book 2" by Sebastien de Castell (Quercus) through NetGalley.com.


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Knight Shadow The Greatcoats Book 2 9781782066774 Books Reviews

***My name is Falcio val Mond, one of the last of the King’s Greatcoats, and if you listen very carefully you might still be able to hear me screaming.***

I thought that Falcio went through some trials in the first book but that seems like kids play in comparison to what he endured in this one. The man is this great tragic hero that is beaten and bruised and betrayed at every corner but he has this great will of spirit and just gets up time and time again to just keep going, keep inspiring and keep kicking ass even when every odd is against him.

“That on your best day—on your very best day—you could never beat me.”
“I do know that,” I said, “and thanks very much for reminding me.”
“Then why all this pretense? Why go through the motions?” He sounded genuinely interested.
“Because, you . . .” I reached for the worst insult I could think of and settled on, “you stupid son-of-a-Saint, I’ve been beaten and tortured and killed eight times. I’m tired and weak. My best friend sits trapped in that stupid circle, despising himself. The daughter of my King is possessed by ____ through magic, which I hate, by the way, and the woman I love has just set herself up to be killed horribly in a manner that I can’t stop replaying in my head, over and over.”
“I don’t understand your point.”
“My point is, you feckless thug, this isn’t my best day. It’s my worst. So I’m going to use it to put you down.”

It’s so hard not to root for a man that at his core is so good and want him to win against the impossible odds and all the horrors of the world.

This book has so many dark moments. You would kind of think that would make it sad or depressing. But it isn’t. Sabastian De Castell incorporates great amount of humor to go along with all the terrible happenings so that while yes things are tense and just when you think they can’t get worse they do there is still a balance of humor that makes you love the characters and the story.

Dariana was my favorite addition to the cast. She is completely insane and a skilled fighter who uses everything to her advantage. She fights like a crazy person acting the damsel in distress running away only to turn around and gut someone bigger and stronger than her. You are never quite sure what crazy thing she will say next or who she’ll kill for that matter. Plus she doesn’t seem to follow directions very well be they from the First Cantor or not.

“I have a question,” Dariana said after I was done. She was sitting cross- legged on my bed, quite unconcerned that the dirt on her boots was rapidly transferring itself to my blankets.
“What?” I asked.
“Do you have any plans that don’t involve telling Valiana and me to run away and hide somewhere while you—?”
“— while he tries to get Kest and me killed?” Brasti finished. “No. That’s pretty much the crux of all of Falcio’s masterful stratagems, so you might as well get used to it now.”

Kest and Brasti were still fantastic and I adore the love and loyalty of the Trio of men. The Three Musketeer’s feel of all for one and one for all really shines through with them. Kest gets a little more page time since he is dealing with some of the repercussions of the last book. It seems being a Saint comes with a few obstacles of its own.

What This Book Has

➜ - Fanstastic Dialogue
➜ - Interesting Blend of Gods, Saints and Magic.
➜ - Plots, Sub-plots and twist galore
➜ - Three dimensional characters that you really care about
➜ - Glorious villains that I thought couldn’t become even more despicable but they do and brutal ways you will absolutely never see coming.
➜ - More flashbacks to the former King and hints about what his final strategy was
➜ - SHOCKING MOMENTS, like I couldn’t believe that just happened moments.
➜ - Times that make you want to stand up and cheer *hazzah*

This was a great second installment to a series. There is no drop off, if anything it is so much better than the first book. The only reason I haven’t started into the next one already if because there isn’t an audiobook for the series and so it takes longer for me to read.

Thanks again to my good friend Eon♒Windrunner♒ for bringing this series to my attention.
I honestly think Knight's Shadow is better than Traitor's Blade. It will make you laugh out loud and it will break your heart. It's much longer then the first book but at no point does it drag or feel like anything has been added for filler.

I still love the three main characters and Kest is still my favorite. Also Ugh. Who has perhaps the most tragic story of all. Valiana also snatches up a special place in your heart and I love that so much thought was put into her character. I do think Falcio has a little bit of special snowflake syndrome, but I'm willing to overlook it because he's earned it.

Traitor's Blade is about Falcio finally accomplishing the mission the king gave him five years prior. Knight's Shadow is about the Greatcoats navigating the political landscape that comes with accomplishing such a mission. There are plenty of battles and sticky situations for our characters to get themselves out of, but there are also a lot of plot twists and turns and general intrigue. I did see at least one big twist coming but the other one was a definite surprise. I don't want to say it came out of left field, but the motivations for it weren't incredibly clear.

If you enjoyed the first book at all you owe it to yourself to follow through with the sequel. Again, it is a complete story in itself and won't leave you with any massive cliffhangers, but I already can't wait to get into the next one.
When you read KNIGHT'S SHADOW, the second book of the Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell, you will do many things
You will learn the correct pronunciation of "Falcio," and that stirring speeches may have repercussions both amusing and grievous;
You will receive clues concerning the heart of a Greatcoat (though you may not recognize them on first reading);
You will discover the price of Sainthood, the cost of victory, and just how much a King will ask of one who serves him;
You will see a greatcoat with one sleeve, a woman with two loyalties, and a man with nine deaths;
You will cheer a game of Ducklings, and flights from the hedgerows;
You will despise a man who does not exist, pity a man of compassion, and weep for a man of valor and the boy within him;
You will find grains of sand in the desert;
You will witness the Greatcoat's Lament;
And you will realize that the world needs more bastards.
Finally, having done all that and so much more, you will find SAINT'S BLOOD, the third book of the Greatcoats, and you will devour it.
Excellent tale. Good characters. Good action. Just so you know, if you try to read more about this book, about half the online sources call it "Greatcoats Lament" which would have been a much better title.

I remain unsure if coloring the Greatcoats brown is a good idea given that there is already an important Browncoat fan base that has nothing to do with this series.

I received a review copy of "Knight's Shadow The Greatcoats Book 2" by Sebastien de Castell (Quercus) through NetGalley.com.