{"id":4015,"date":"2015-10-27T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T17:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2015-10-27T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T17:46:48","slug":"book-review-the-vlad-taltos-series-by-steven-brust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2015\/book-reviews\/book-review-the-vlad-taltos-series-by-steven-brust.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing my tradition of reading only first person narratives, the Vlad Taltos series is awesome. Out of 14 books in the series, I found only two a bit weak. There is another spin off series called &#8220;The Khaavren Romances&#8221;, but since they&#8217;re set in a different age, I didn&#8217;t feel particularly keen to try them out.<\/p>\n<p>Vlad Taltos. Assassin and detective. Very dangerous when cornered. And his smart alec winged familiar. This series has a large number of memorable characters like Morrolan, Sethra Lavode, Kiera the thief, and Kragar. All of whom are Taltos&#8217; friends and none of whom are &#8220;human&#8221;. They&#8217;re Dragaerans, the in-world name for elves. Vlad himself is human though or as the Dragaerans call them, &#8220;Easterners&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>These are more like detective novels than anything else. Despite Vlad&#8217;s terrifying combat and assassin skills, he prefers to avoid fights whenever he can and relies on forethought and planning. But he has a violent core streak and an absolute confidence in his ability to take out anyone if necessary &#8211; even if they&#8217;re Dragaerans who are much bigger and stronger than humans.<\/p>\n<p>The wit and humor in this series\u00a0stands out wonderfully, often taking the form of hilarious barbs from Loiosh &#8211; Talto&#8217;s familiar. And gotta give this series props for a realistic love story that ends the way most real life ones do.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot for Anupa to read once she finishes with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2015\/book-reviews\/book-review-the-iron-druid-chronicles-by-kevin-hearne.html\/\">Iron Druid Chronicles<\/a>. But I&#8217;ll make sure she gets to this eventually :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing my tradition of reading only first person narratives, the Vlad Taltos series is awesome. Out of 14 books in the series, I found only two a bit weak. 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