I don't want to say that this is the best book series I've ever read.
But this is the best book series I've ever read.
Way better than LOTR. Better than Twilight. Better than The Hunger Games and the Cat series. Better than the bloodhound killer books, better than Stephen King's Dark Tower series. And better than the Sue Grafton novels, in fact, though they have a certain appeal when you're only 15 and in Japan. The books are better than VC Andrews, which I secretly read in junior high, too. They might even be better than Harry Potter. The HP series is great, but it is written for kids. These books are darker, with more intrigue, character development and less overwhelming didactic moments.
It's not literature, classic or otherwise, it's guilty pleasure, escapist stuff. Loosely based on War of the Roses, the books have a more realistic war aspect to them. Things don't always work out for the better, the good guy doesn't always win, and you can't always tell who the real "good guy" is. It's challenging, because there are more characters than a Chekhov novel and all of them have their own nicknames and histories. But they're great. I've plowed through 4 so far and just started book 5. Our main characters from book 3 are back, and it was oddly reassuring to "see" them again.
Yep, I'm a total nerd sometimes. But go read these books. The kindle price won't be discounted for awhile b/c of the TV series, but I promise they're worth the cost.
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