Title: The Painted Man
Author: Peter V Brett
Publisher: Harper Voyager
This made the commute fly. For the first time in a long time, I was tempted to remain on the train all the way to the end of the line, just so I had the chance to finish this book.
Imagine a world where demons (corelings) are real. Where corelings come to life every night. And the only way to protect yourself is by drawing the correct runes. Houses are surrounded by painted runes. Travellers sleeping alongside the road lay out enclosures covered in runes.
We follow our main characters as they grow and the experiences that shape and mould them into young adulthood. From the death of our heroes mother to the spite and neglect of our heroines step mother (why is it always the stepmother), along the path of development, to their eventual meeting.
The author has given us two fully rounded characters, a cracking read, that builds and builds, and then...... ends. When I first got to the end I felt betrayed, but upon re-reading the cover (after a few choice words) suddenly realised that this is the first book in a trilogy. Alright then ...... bring on two and three.
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