[Book Tour- Review] Deathless by Evan S. Sullivan [GIVEAWAY] $10 Amazon GC

 

                Deathless

by Evan S Sullivan

GENRE:   FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy

BLURB:

The throne is bloodied. The city is empty. The kingdom beyond is dead and quiet.
A peasant thief creeps forth from where she has been hiding, bitter and determined to survive.

A young nobleman sets out, with plots and secrets as his armor, to save what is left of his family.

A holy knight burdened by failure descends from the mountains to defend the realm.

And all across this land so dark and full of nightmares, monstrous things watch from the shadows.

EXCERPT

THE FORTUNATE ONES (AND ALL THE DEVILS START TO FALL)

“What have we here?” a voice cackled. 

Odenica spun on the spot, and raised her shard of iron against the figure who emerged from the shadows. 

Hestia came forward with a hobble in her step, and an ugly grin upon her lips. Her hair was greyed in places and unevenly tended, and there was a foul glee in her eye that Odenica had always hated. Her skin hung loosely in places, and she held a proper dagger in her grip— from whom she had stolen the thing, Odenica could not have guessed. “A good day for a nice long stroll,” the woman remarked. Her gaze darted to the sack slung under Talrien’s arm. “What’ve you got there?” 

“Go away, Hestia,” Odenica warned. “I’ve no patience for your games.” She refused to step back as Hestia came forward. Talrien raised her stick. 

“I need no games when I’m armed and you carry a spit of iron,” Hestia countered. “You have something, and I want it. Such is the way of the world, now.” 

Odenica glanced around, but could see no one else hiding in wait. “You’ll not steal from me again,” she bit. “Touch me, and I’ll kill you.” 

“Go away,” Talrien snapped. 

Hestia looked to Talrien, and smiled anew, showing sharp and yellow teeth. “Don’t be stupid, girl,” she cackled. “I’ll stick you after I’m done with your sister, unless you hand that bag over right now.” 

Odenica glared. “Touch my sister and I’ll kill you slowly,” she promised. “Where is your reinforcement? There must be someone, hiding somewhere. A cretin like you would never brave the streets alone by day. Or have you grown simple, with the city now so quiet?” 

An instant later, there was a bellow as a stout man burst lumbering forth from the building across the narrow street. Hestia lunged with a cry. 

Talrien rushed forward, and knocked the man’s legs out from under him in a single swipe of her stick. Odenica ducked away from Hestia’s blade, and stabbed out in retaliation. The iron nicked Hestia’s arm, and she cried out and recoiled. She stumbled in her retreat, and cowered as though hoping that the cobblestones would open up to swallow her. The man on the ground fell motionless as Talrien knocked him across the head. 

“Back!” Hestia cried, flailing her dagger as she scrambled away. “Get back, I say! Help! Someone, help! This street rat is attacking me!” She backed into a corner and held her blade pointed, trembling where she sat.

*I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. *

If you're looking for a happily ever after, this book is not it. If you're looking for an epic journey full of character development and lyrical writing, then you're in the right place. This book is a dark fantasy. It doesn't contain any romance, and your favorite character isn't guaranteed to last til the end of the story. But, the writing is fantastic and the storyline is entertaining.

This book reminded me of Game of Thrones, but without the romance. If you take all the plot and darker imagery from GOT and compile it into a story, I feel like you would get Deathless. It is definitely not the same plotline by any means, but it has some parallels. I really enjoyed GOT, so I enjoyed Deathless as well.

It took me a little bit to get into this story, because I just wasn't sure what had happened in the Kingdoms. It took a little bit of back and forth between POVs and timelines, but the story was pieced together eventually. These peeks back in time also gave the characters more depth, so I was able to appreciate their backstory's and personalities more. I actually loved all the characters equally, and there were parts of the story that broke my heart. I was really rooting for all of them. But, not everyone can survive these dark times, just like in real life. I was really hoping they were just near misses or they would recover.

Overall, I would recommend this to any dark fantasy lover. There's intrigue and suspense and wonderful descriptive writing. It really does draw you into the story.

Evan S. Sullivan is the author of a whole bunch of unfinished books that he hopes you will get to read some day. He lives in Ontario, Canada, with his (finally) fiancé, their very good dog, and their very just fine cat. Evan teaches university writing courses, and in his free time he plays the piano, replays his favorite videogames, and continues his 10-year wait for the next installment in his favorite book series to come out. He looks forward to traveling again soon and deciding which project to stress over for the next many years now that this one is finished.

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