Forged – First Review

The early review copies of Alex Verus #11, Forged, have started to go out, so here’s the review from Publisher’s Weekly!  Since it doesn’t contain any real spoilers for Forged I’ve copied the whole thing below, but it does contain spoilers for earlier books so stop reading now if you haven’t read up to book #10!

The 11th urban fantasy in Jacka’s superior Alex Verus series keeps the action at a boil. Alex used to be a relatively minor mage largely concerned with protecting his friends during the struggle between the supposedly moral mages of the Light Council and the mob led by dark mage Richard Drakh. But following the events of Fallen he’s become ruthless to save himself from his enemies and free his former lover Anne from the jinn that is working to lure her to the dark side. To keep ahead of his foes, Alex relies on the fateweaver, a potent magical artifact that threatens to take over his body should he use it too often. This outing is grittier than earlier installments, but Alex remains both smart and snarky as ever. Jacka has a gift for writing wild magical battles as simultaneously slapstick and pulse-pounding, as well as the discipline to shed characters and lore from previous volumes when they’re no longer necessary to the plot, keeping this long-running series feeling trim and accessible. While this won’t be the ideal starting point for the uninitiated, it admirably maintains the series’s relentless momentum. Series fans should snap this up. 

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6 Responses to Forged – First Review

  1. Alicia White says:

    Congrats! I can’t wait to listen to it. Good thing it comes out Thanksgiving week here in the US: I have that week off. 🙂

  2. Jason Enberg says:

    I’ve been happily hooked to this series since 2013 when I came across Fated. Enjoyed them all. Its been nice to have a new book to look forward to over the years. Thanks for all the great stories.

  3. Deborah says:

    Can’t wait! Already preordered long ago

  4. Bob Mandell says:

    I have been rereading and re-listening to the novels. I marvel at how small and apparently insignificant text from earlier novels reappear with increasing significance. How the story of Deleo and the Fateweaver have increased meaning, the Dragon and Arachne predictions come true and Alex is but a pawn and how his every decision of free will leads to disaster. How every Novel is intertwined with the others, Brilliant, a virtuoso performance!

  5. Aaron Lloyd says:

    Yay! Can’t wait… (and ooh – time to do some re-reading (or listening….)

  6. Daisy Swaffer says:

    I’m refreshing Audible every day waiting for the ability to preorder to become available, so excited!

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