Carpe jugulum Book

This series is unlike any other I have ever read. It is High Fantasy at its highest. It's challenging and demanding; it will ask for your undivided attention, for patience and willingness to read in between the lines. And in return it will give you a hell of a ride! It will dare you to make assumptions on top of assumptions, only to have them completely shattered by the end.
It will make you question everything. Right or wrong, ethical or unethical, moral or immoral! How far is a person allowed to go to achieve a goal? Where should the line be drawn? - that invisible line which, when crossed, turns a human being into a monster.

Hell! It will even make you question your own judgement! And above all, it will make you FEEL!!!
There are very few books I have actually FELT FOR among everything that I've read till now. Very few books that made me angry or sad or made me get so involved with the story and the characters' life that I started to cry or rant or laugh like crazy. And this book, this whole series, tops that list.
That's why now, I'm gonna show you just how it made me feel while going through it, chapter by chapter, and by the end, perhaps you'll get to understand why I love it with a fiery passion. :)

Chapter 1

starts with a bang because, from the very first pages, I got so very pissed!! There is that That horrid slimy BITCH who stoops so low!! And I sooo want to punch her in the face!!!


And let's not forget The Prince Exalted!! He is getting a little too high and mighty and just a bit large for his breeches. The 'self-righteous, arrogant ignoramus!'
What he plans to do …again?! To hear it, I was like... What?! Are you insane?


In Chapter 2
a certain someone wants a 'biddable broodmare' for his wife. And I find myself hoping he'll get royally kicked in the balls by his prize.


Chapters 3 and 4
are building up the tension - we get a master manipulator turned monster and more than a few sorry excuses for human beings. And I wanna take them all and dump them into the


Then Chapter 5
comes and I'm like


Because I can't believe that just happened!!
I mean… GOOD GOD! For crying out loud! Why did they have to do that!!!?

Right at the beginning of Chapter 6
I badly needed to blow off some steam because …

That slimy slithering pathetic excuse for a human being, who thinks himself above everyone else!!! A solid slap is nothing compared to the trashing he deserves!!!

And then he whines because his poor heart is wounded?!

Go drown yourself you heartless prick!!!

Chapter 7
gets me even more worked up. Because the guy's sense of justice is utterly fucked up!


Chapter 8
brings in the little tough granny. And I fell in love! :D Because she absolutely rocks!!! Any man foolish enough to cross her must flee when assailed by the little old lady in a temper! :)

Why? Well, take for instance the little advice she has to give a friend:
'Your rat-faced little steward seems to have an unpleasantly prying personality. Someone should slap his face for listening at doorways, or at least break his slippered foot. With a limp he couldn't slink.'
And now imagine a little old grandmother making that happen!

Grandame Dawr


In Chapter 9
'Well, things just woke up and got interesting.'
And a big High 5 for Grandame Dawr - again - cause she kept me chuckling for a long time there.


Chapters 10 and 11
almost make me blow a gasket!

Because… But... but...but... WTF just happened?!
That crazy old dried up stick of a female just tried to….??!! OMG

'May her black heart char for eternity, and her spirit twist in the lightless pits at the negative pole of creation.'


Chapters 12 and 13
make me become more than a little disgusted at humanity in general.

"Hate has no ears." And sometimes you have to wonder to what extent human beings can actually go and to what level they can stoop.


Now Chapter 14
made me sigh. Because of such an unexpected gentle kindness… Because it is the little gestures in life that sometimes count the most.


And Chapter 15
Now that was classy! Because the prissy princess got what she deserved!

And I ended up doing a little happy dance because despite of all the shit it has been put through, true love still prevails!


Note: there is no way to express how much I love this series as I'm by far not as good with words as so many of my other friends. So I'm letting the emotional rollercoaster it put me through to describe it. :)

The prose is so beautiful! The characters are amazing. The plot is so complex and astounding!
Wars of Light and Shadow is a series like no other. One that will make the reader put some effort into reading it as it doesn't allow you to skip or fast forward. It makes you read between the lines and makes you think and pay attention.

But if you decide to put in that effort, if you decide to give it a chance, you will not get to regret it.
Cause this is one hell of a ride!!