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The Ember Blade (The Darkwater Legacy)
Chris Wooding
2019 · Fantasy
How it reads
The Ember Blade (The Darkwater Legacy) is fantasy (epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are family, justice and coming of age. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. It's a long book, and a real commitment. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you're drawn to stories about family
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you hate waiting for a sequel
- you want something you can finish this weekend
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- family, justice, coming of age
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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