Blood. Betrayal. Chaos.
I reviewed the first book in this series with Storytellers on Tour a year ago, really enjoyed it, and then somehow missed the fact that books two and three had been published. Time to fix that! I have chosen to read and review Paths of Chaos by Aaron S. Jones entirely on my own, as a fan who enjoyed the previous book. My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.
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About the Book
Paths of Chaos
The Broken Gods Book Two
by Aaron S. Jones
Published 12 May 2021
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Page Count: 417
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Blood. Betrayal. Chaos.
A darkness shrouds the land of Takaara. Magic flees the world as the Empire of Light seeks to use the confusion to its advantage. Warriors from the Borderlands struggle to find an imprisoned friend and adjust to the new normal of life with their ancestral enemies – the Barbarians. Others have been banished from the United Cities of Archania and flee to new lands in the hope of discovering allies to fight against the impending doom.
Through it all, Chaos has awoken and the Final War is on its way, threatening to wipe away the old world and start anew. The warriors of Takaara will be left with a choice as fear and blood consume the world around them.
Embrace the Chaos. Or die.
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My Review
My Rating: 5 Stars
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I reviewed the first book in this series with Storytellers on Tour a year ago, really enjoyed it, and then somehow missed the fact that books two and three had been published. Time to fix that! I have chosen to read and review Paths of Chaos by Aaron S. Jones entirely on my own, as a fan who enjoyed the previous book. My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.
When we departed Archania at the end of Flames of Rebellion, Arden was coming into his power, and the world was on the brink of collapsing into a state of rebellion that promised to change everything. Well, changed it has! Archania is in a state of rapid deterioration as allegiances shift and heads roll. Chaos is in control, both literally and figuratively, and not everyone who’s believed to be still alive or surely dead actually are.
As before, I really did enjoy Cypher’s parts, but Arden himself really won me over in this installment. Arden knows everything that was withheld from him before now, and he’s looking to take some of it back. He is a bringer and pawn of Chaos now, but he still has ideas of his own. Without spoiling anything in particular, I’ll say that our green and pure intended hero from book one has become a muddy, morally grey player in this war whose final intents and purposes aren’t entirely known, and I love it! Just finding out where this particular volatile pawn lands would be incentive enough to pick up the third book.
If you loved the world-building and genuine inter-character relationships of Flames of Rebellion then you’re in for a treat, because the world-building is far from over and there are so many lovable characters to become more acquainted with. I’m extremely invested now in even more characters, like Kiras and Alistair, and in places like Taakara.
I’ve seen another reviewer comment that this series could easily be the next big TV series based on a book, and I absolutely agree. There’s so much fantastic and unique material here, and Jones has done such a fantastic job of building a rich, vast world full of many cultures. Not only are these length books prime material to convert to a script, but this world would make a wonderful setting for further stories, and it would work just as well on screen as Middle Earth or Westeros.
Bring on book three! (Look for my review in May.)
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