Butcher's Codex Alera

[dwndrgn]

Has anyone read this new series from Butcher yet? I'm curious as to your responses since this is a fantasy very different from his previous modern stuff.

 

[rune]

I've got the first book to read in my pile Looking forward to seeing how it reads.

 

[rune]

Found more detail about the first book on the authors site - http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera/1/ - it's an extract from the first chapter

 

[dwndrgn]

Thanks for pointing me towards that. Now I'm hooked! There are a few logical problems with his 'furies' but not enough to make me uninterested. Definitely will put this one on my to get list.

 

[rune]

Once I get around to reading it, I'll post my thoughts

 

[rune]

I finally got Furies of Calderon read. Not been well this week so been up most nights reading. Bad for tiredness, good for getting through books


It wasnt like I expected. Very different from his other series. Lots of action in this story, probably because there are a lot of characters. In some ways too many characters. I tend to find I latch onto a character that becomes my favourite and takes me through a book/series. But with this first book there are quite a few important character's and though they get quite a bit of attention in the story, I found it difficult to bond with just one or two for me to really get into the story.

Great magical system mind, very inventive and interesting