Customer Reviews

The Horsemen's Gambit: Book Two of Blood of the Southlands

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With each series and book David Coe writes, he does a better and better job. This book is both complex and easy to follow. It has layers you wouldn't expect and is thoroughly engaging throughout. Any fans of fantasy a la LotR or anything else David Coe has done (he did not do LotR) should read this series.

I picked this series up because I enjoyed Coe's Winds of the Forelands series so much. Book one was pretty good but Horsemen's Gambit has really set the stage for the next book and I love the new characters that Coe has introduced in Gambit. Winds had so many plot twists but Blood of the Southlands seems to be more character driven to me. I can't wait to get my hands on Dark Eyes War to see what happens next.

I just love reading these books. I love the world Coe has created - it's creative, it's unique, it's got a really interesting magic system but doesn't fall prey to the standard fantasy cliches of dragons and dwarfs and elves... anyways. This book is part of a trilogy that follows an original quintet about another part of the same world, so I'd recommend you start with the "Winds of the Forelands" series before reading the "Blood of the Southlands" books, which deal with some of the same characters and issues. I kind of wish Coe had expanded more upon the storylines in "Blood of the Southlands" and maybe done another quintet, but my spouse and I both enjoyed them enough to rate them 5 stars. Definitely recommended reading.