5 out of 5 again! Could this series BE any better?
Key Aspects…
- Mysterious Magic
- An Amazingly Weird & Wonderful City
- Old Friends
- New Powers
- Wanderlust!
Oh my, oh my, oh my… if you read my blog post on Monday you’ll be aware of how much I have fallen in love with Windswept by Kaitlin Bellamy. Well… luckily I had ordered the sequel in plenty of time for it to arrive so that I could dive straight in once I closed the back page of Windswept. I give you Inkspice…
~ MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST BOOK ~
Inkspice sees Fox leave his beloved home in Thicca Valley, not to mention his parents & Lai, to travel with the Shavid to learn more about his power as a Cartomancer. After a number of months on the road the Shavid find themselves in the thriving city of Calibas where magic seems ingrained within the city itself.
Suddenly all eyes are on Fox & his companions full of magical blessings. Fox, keen to learn as much as he can about his gifts attends the city’s university & finds an old friend along the way – with secrets I never saw coming.
The characters are just as adorably wonderful as in the first novel, but they come further along their character arc. Most notably Fox & Lai as they grow older, away from each other. I thoroughly enjoyed having paragraphs in Neil & Lai’s perspectives as it gave me a different insight into their characters & allowed me to keep up with Lai’s part of the story even though she’s a world away from Fox.
Farran, the pirate god’s character has easily become my favourite. He’s so charming, funny & roguish that you can’t help but fall for him, especially as you see his relationship with his daughter begin to blossom.
The world building is yet again phenomenal. I cannot begin to describe it without giving away important parts of the plot but Bellamy has given us a look at the world beyond Thicca Valley & it’s even more delightful than I imagined.
The plot is enticing & fast paced. I read Inkspice even quicker than Windswept, I literally couldn’t put it down when I didn’t have too. The Mapweaver Chronicles are a perfect example of the traditional adventure story that we all know, love & look for in the books we read. Kaitlin Bellamy has achieved it twice already (& I’m sure book 3 will have as well). I can only hope that my novels have even half the story as these novels.
Don’t miss out, get copies of The Mapweaver Chronicles. You need these books in your life!
S. M. MITCHELL 