My Rating: 5.0
Fitz’s young daughter, Bee, has been kidnapped by the Servants, a secret society whose members not only dream of possible futures but use their prophecies to add to their wealth and influence. Bee plays a crucial part in these dreams—but just what part remains uncertain.
As Bee is dragged by her sadistic captors across half the world, Fitz and the Fool, believing her dead, embark on a mission of revenge that will take them to the distant island where the Servants reside—a place the Fool once called home and later called prison. It was a hell the Fool escaped, maimed and blinded, swearing never to return.
For all his injuries, however, the Fool is not as helpless as he seems. He is a dreamer too, able to shape the future. And though Fitz is no longer the peerless assassin of his youth, he remains a man to be reckoned with—deadly with blades and poison, and adept in Farseer magic. And their goal is simple: to make sure not a single Servant survives their scourge.
Robin Hobb is solely responsible for me spending the past few months utterly consumed by her world. I found myself waking up in the middle of the night thinking about her characters—sometimes even reaching for my Kindle to read “just a few pages” before going back to sleep. Her writing is that immersive.
She made me fall deeply in love with so many characters, only to ruthlessly destroy them (emotionally, physically... sometimes both). And the dread—oh, the dread! That creeping sense of doom she so masterfully builds had me bracing for impact constantly, and yet I couldn’t stop reading.
Now that I’ve finished the series, I find myself in the dreaded book limbo—missing the characters, the world, the emotional rollercoaster... and honestly? I wouldn’t change a single minute of it. If you’re ready to be completely wrecked—in the best possible way—this series is worth every page.
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