![]() Every character is fully fleshed, and partially maimed, with believable motivations and boundless depth. It might not be for everyone, but the dysfunctional-found-family nature of their terribly complicated and often volatile relationships kept me enthralled. The camaraderie between the company is, again, masterfully done, a thing of wonder. The dialogue is delicious, dripping in caustic wit, almost always delivered with god-tier timing, and every single line is a fucking pearl. It’s odd to say, given how dark the book is, but I’ve genuinely never laughed so much while reading. ![]() ![]() From the off, The Captain falls into the latter and never takes its foot off the gas. Lovers of the darkness, be ye not perturbed, there are still plenty of very dark moments, particularly those involving a returning character whose scenes alternate between terrifying and, well… ‘MOAR TERRIFYING,’ there’s plenty still around these parts to have you wincing like you’ve gotten lemon juice on your arsehole.įor me, The Witch Hunter was a book of two parts, the first half was more serious and gratuitous, and the second was tremendous battle scenes, tar black humour, and some of the finest dialogue I’ve ever read. ![]() It might still, at times, feel as though someone is trying to hack your leg off with a rusty cleaver, but they have been a pal and given you a sniff of morphine, so it’s ever so slightly softer and warmer. Now, if you’re contemplating picking up The Captain, you’ve obviously read The Witch Hunter and know what you’re getting into Hollingshead’s world is dark as fuck, dripping in gore, and 100% unapologetic with it. The Captain picks up immediately after the conclusion of The Witch Hunter and sees Richter adjusting to life as captain of a mercenary company, as well as continuing his unexpected, yet not wholly unwanted, position of father figure to young Hobbs. So, when Casey offered me the chance to read an ARC of book two, The Captain, there was no way I was saying no. If you’ve been keeping an eye on the SPFBO8 posts at Queen’s Book Asylum, you’ll probably know that I really, really enjoyed our semi-final nomination, The Witch Hunter by Casey Hollingshead.
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