First and foremost let me say that this is the first book by Robin Hobb that I have ever read, and now, I’m a big fan! Great storytelling style and never missing a beat, Robin Hobb got me hooked on the first page.
For Robin Hobb’s fans, FitzChivalry Farseer does not need an introduction. But for newbies like me, FitzChivalry and his family are new characters. So, how does an author keep the avid followers of FitzChivalry’s adventures interested while introducing him to new readers at the same time?
Easy! Retell FitzChivalry’s adventures and whatever has happened in the first trilogy as part of newly discovered scrolls, or writing a journal, then someone reading it by accident. And Robin Hobb did a fantastic job. She segued the past to the present and vice versa seamlessly while adding new tidbits of information. Like breadcrumbs, these new tidbits are clues and sometimes keys to what’s going to happen next.
”, we find royal bastard and assassin FitzChivalry “retired” from his clandestine job. He now lives in the countryside with Molly, his first love who is now his wife. Known in the area only as a country squire named Tom Badgerlock, FitzChivalry has an idyllic life, except that he is haunted by the absence of his wolf Nighteyes and the disappearance of Fool, his friend and comrade-in-arms.
Still, everything was going well until pale strangers arrived at his home. Though not immediately alarmed, Fitz knew that he has to act fast to protect his family. To do that, he has to rely on his skills as an assassin, something he said he would not do anymore. Yet here he was using all his skills to keep everything he holds dear safe!
To the risk of repeating myself, I have to mention again that this is the first time that I have met FitzChivalry Farseer. Yet, even with just this book, which looks like the start of another trilogy at least, Fitz is well-developed and three-dimensional. I can almost imagine myself walking on the hallways of his manor house.
After reading Fool’s Assassin
Great book! Great read! Great addition to your library!
This book is Rated PG 13 due to violence. There are no sex scenes in this book.
