Acacia Trilogy The War with the Mein, Book 01, (Paperback)

from devilwrites

Finally got around to reading and finishing David Anthony Durham's fantasy debut, Acacia. It's a good, but slow, read, and the world-building is excellent. I love the fact that this fantasy world is painted with so many shades of grey, and the good guys do bad things, and that the bad guys do thi...

from Mrs_McGreevy

When I was asked to review this book, I was less than enthusiastic. I've been reading genre fiction for a long time, and there are things I'd decided I was done with. Topping that list was "High Fantasy Quest Novels," followed almost immediately by "Book 1 of a Brand New Series" (with a special a...

from bharris05

***Early book spoiler*** A very good read and well worth the price. David Durham tells a fantastic story about 4 royal siblings who are torn about when their kingdom is taken over. Each is thrown to different parts of the diverse kingdom and partake in very distinct lifestyles that transform them...

from lindawwilson

I have only liked 3 fantasy series so far: RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice ,Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea saga and Robin Hobb's Farseer saga. I do NOT like things like Jordan's Wheel of Time or even Tolkien. I did not like Raymond Feist's Empire Trilogy, although, at least I finished it. But I thoug...

from jewelknits

The Known World has been ruled by Acacians for 500 years after an agreement with the Lothan Aklun whose help turned the tide of war for them. Their agreement is to ship a quota of child slaves each year. When King Leodan is attacked by a Mein assassin, he has just decided to do what he can to cha...