[Mark Lawrence]

 Obdigore, on 06 June 2015 - 11:00 PM, said:

Bought it on my vacation. Read it. Loved it.

Really Really excited to see what happens next.

When is the third due?

Good to hear, thanks!

The Wheel of Osheim ends the trilogy next June.

Any and all reviews/ratings on any and all forums/platforms always appreciated.

[Mark Lawrence]

The Liar's Key is out in the UK today, so that's every big English-speaking nation except Australia/New Zealand (on the 22nd).

Links to all the blog reviews so far:
http://mark---lawren...w-about-so.html

[Macros]

About half way through, possibly less

[Vengeance]

So I finished liars key and I loved it. Just fun story telling. I appreciated the whole trading aspect with taxation issues. Such a fun read. I hope that you continue on building this world.

[Tattersail_]

I'm on book 2 "King of Thorns" and I'm definitely going to buy book 3.

[HiddenOne]

 Tattersail_, on 21 June 2015 - 08:35 AM, said:

I'm on book 2 "King of Thorns" and I'm definitely going to buy book 3.

Let me know your thoughts when you finish, if you don't mind. I read it recently too.

[Tattersail_]

I enjoyed the journey but mixed feelings about the ending. When did we learn that

Spoiler

Orrin had been killed by his brother?

I wanted the sword fight to happen so was disappointed with gun

Katherine dying sucked... if she did.

Not clear on whether or not he did kill his brother

My best character was his wife Miana, kick ass and young.

I loved the unveiling of memories and the war tricks

Too much to go into but yeah journey was better than destination in this one

[Macros]

nearing the halfway mark, not sure if its my limited reading time or what but it feels a lot slower than prince of fools, still enjoying it, but will wait until the end before final judgement.
Is it a longer book than POF?

[Macros]

The pace definitely picked up.
Just this minute finshed Liars Key. As enjoyable as the first, looming forward to the third.
Very keen to see how it ties in with emperor.

[Mark Lawrence]

 Macros, on 25 June 2015 - 07:44 PM, said:

The pace definitely picked up.
Just this minute finshed Liars Key. As enjoyable as the first, looming forward to the third.
Very keen to see how it ties in with emperor.

Good to hear.

The Liar's Key is my longest book ~176,000 words compared to Prince of Fools ~130,000 and Prince of Thorns ~82,000.

The Wheel of Osheim is out next June:
https://www.goodread...show/1287723905

[champ]

Just finished Liar's Key and loved it, more than I thought I would actually. I think I had a Jorg hangover for Prince of Fools and I was still sulking that we wouldn't get to see more of Jorg, I didn't enjoy it as much as I should, though it was still a very good book, what can I say, I loved the Broken Empire series!

But this topped the lot for me, my favourite yet, I think I enjoyed it so much due to the world building and the expanding out of the story, we learnt so much more about the big game afoot and it flowed at a great pace! Jal is a great character, very different to Jorg and it works!

I'll look forward to a full reread of these and the Broken Empire series when this is wrapped up next year. Looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Loved that ending also, very last lines, perfect!

[HiddenOne]

I have purchased Emperor (dead tree style) and am now preparing myself to read it. If it is comparable to KoT, then I will use every spare second to read it once I start.

[champ]

 HiddenOne, on 24 July 2015 - 09:33 PM, said:

I have purchased Emperor (dead tree style) and am now preparing myself to read it. If it is comparable to KoT, then I will use every spare second to read it once I start.

Goodbye your free time in that case! Happy reading

[Mark Lawrence]

 HiddenOne, on 24 July 2015 - 09:33 PM, said:

I have purchased Emperor (dead tree style) and am now preparing myself to read it.

Hooray! Thanks for the sale.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Picked up Liar's Key today, just ripping through Prince of Fools for a refresh and reminder about who, what, where and when.

Looking forward to it though.

[Mark Lawrence]

 Coco with marshmallows, on 31 July 2015 - 09:31 PM, said:

Picked up Liar's Key today, just ripping through Prince of Fools for a refresh and reminder about who, what, where and when.

Looking forward to it though.

Re-reads are always a compliment, but for those in a hurry there is, before the story, a quick run-through in The Liar's Key of the main points of Prince of Fools.

[Coco with marshmallows]

 Mark Lawrence, on 01 August 2015 - 04:11 PM, said:

 Coco with marshmallows, on 31 July 2015 - 09:31 PM, said:

Picked up Liar's Key today, just ripping through Prince of Fools for a refresh and reminder about who, what, where and when.

Looking forward to it though.

Re-reads are always a compliment, but for those in a hurry there is, before the story, a quick run-through in The Liar's Key of the main points of Prince of Fools.

I always re-read if i pick up a sequel.

If i didn't enjoy the first book enough to pick up the sequel, I never re-read it.

This lead to some lengthy re-reads on Malazan though, by the time TCG rolled around i had to re-read 12 books (I include ICE's).
If i'm honest it's probably the reason i never finished WoT. After Path of Dragging I decided i'd wait till the series was finished before picking them up and reading in one go.... By the time Sanderson finished them, I couldn't muster the enthusiasm to do so.

[HiddenOne]

 Mark Lawrence, on 31 July 2015 - 07:04 PM, said:

 HiddenOne, on 24 July 2015 - 09:33 PM, said:

I have purchased Emperor (dead tree style) and am now preparing myself to read it.

Hooray! Thanks for the sale.

You're welcome, thank you for writing quality novels. Perhaps I can use it to lever myself out of a reading slump. It's been 2 weeks since I read anything more exciting than a spreadsheet or financial statement.

[Mark Lawrence]

Not sure where to put this on the board - but it involves (lots) of Malazan characters and some of mine, so I'll put it here and let you guys repost it if you want.

Best Fantasy characters ever? You get 3 votes - if your guy's not on the list add them.

http://www.bestfanta...ion-characters/

Over 5000 votes from more than 1500 people so far!

I went for Tyrion, Cugel the Clever, and Kvothe.

[HoosierDaddy]

Currently reading Prince of Fools. 1/2 through and it seems like the story just got started. Like, how could this be an entire book?

Time will tell.

Love your stuff Mark.