Hello Bookworms!

What a crazy fall this is turning out to be. Last week I had a surgery and my last convention for the year, so I’m very much in need of some time to destress and just exist.

That means more reading, yay!

Today’s post is all about my recent read of The Second Artificer (The Artificers of the Rift #1) by Kenan Buchanan.

I met Kenan through KC Book Beat at a fun event where we ate, drank, and got to socialize. In the kindest gesture possible, he let me have a copy of this book! Once I was done with my Halloween reads, I just had to give this a go.

Let’s see how it went!

Blurb

Thaddeus Blackwell opened a door he was never meant to find—and the world paid for it. Thrown across fractured worlds, Thaddeus is pulled into a reality shaped by magic, factions, and at the center of it all, The Lich… waiting to escape. To set the world right, Thaddeus must follow the path of the First Artificer—a myth, a warning, a man who may not be ahead of him at all. As the Rift tightens and timelines repeat, Thaddeus faces a final, impossible inheritance, because the Rift is not a wound; it’s a mirror, and Thaddeus was never the savior of this story. He was its most necessary mistake.

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The Review

This read was a lot of fun!

For years, Thaddeus Blackwell has been a man consumed, trying to find a way to bring back his beloved Evaline from death. One fateful night, his scientific experiments go awry, tearing a hole in the fabric of reality itself. Thrust into a strange new world, Thaddeus must find a way to survive his dangerous surroundings and discover the truth behind what he has done.

I really loved how all of the genres present in this book complimented each other. Science fiction and fantasy take the forefront, but there is an underlying horror beneath it all that made sense. Buchanan has done a spectacular job blending them together.

The plot really surprised me and had lots of twists and turns I wasn’t expecting. I’m not a stranger to portal fantasy and I loved how the author didn’t follow all of the tropes that come along with it. He wrote a unique story that really grips you.

Thaddeus was fun to follow around as the main character. He’s a man of science, and yet the world he finds himself in doesn’t abide by the laws that have dominated his life prior. It was nice to see him progress through this journey and question everything he knows to find inner truth. I also really loved Elias, Casimir, and the Dragon King. They were wonderful supporting characters with personality.

If you like horror, scifi, or fantasy, I really think you should give this one a try!

That’s A Wrap!

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Have you read this book? Are there other similar books you’ve read that you simply have to gush about? Feel free to leave a comment. I’d love to start a conversation!

Have a great day!

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