Любава Филясова

Blood, guts, broken bones, naked boobs, large-scale battles, the clatter of armor and the rattle of weapons, noble and not so ladies, conspiracies and betrayal - the dirty Middle Ages. Everything we love! In the center of the story are four young men who, while still children, were given to serve the Order. ⠀ In the Order, they were brought up, trained and at the time of graduation had to pass the test by duel. ⠀ The survivors will become templars - the mainstay of the state, the dead - food for worms. The author has a great storytelling style and speech. ⠀ Battles, the surrounding world, architecture,...

Vivien Walker lost her child and is now going through a painful divorce from her husband. ⠀ She returns to her hometown after ten years of absence, believing that even the walls are treated in her home. The move brings only disappointment: the house is empty, her grandmother is dead, her mother suffers from Alzheimer's. ⠀ Everything around has changed, and even her favorite tree - the old cypress, in the shade of which Vivienne loved to spend time as a child, was ruined by a merciless hurricane. Under the roots of the mighty tree, like a baby in a cradle, lay a skeleton. The bones are about 100 years old...

Satan opens a doctor's office and promises his clients every kind of shake-up and excitement. It would seem: what is good? However, curiosity does its job, and the stupid fish one after another bites on the poisoned bait ... Or another twist. On the glorious island of Corsica, strange things are happening, from which the resinous hair of men turns gray, and the body is filled with senile lead. After a two-week vacation in Corsica, a carefree, cheerful girl returns as a wrinkled hunched hag ... However, the nightmares do not end there, but only smoothly flow to other, more famous personalities....

The body of a six-year-old girl was found in a forest near Oslo. ⠀ She is dressed in a doll dress, a schoolbag behind her, and a ribbon with the inscription "I travel alone" around her neck. Mia Kruger, with a unique flair for an investigator, left the police several years ago and settled on a deserted island in the Norwegian fjords, where she indulges in painful memories and thoughts of suicide. But when former boss Holger Munch shows her photographs from the crime scene, Mia realizes that the girl in the forest is only the first victim, so it is her duty to return and solve this case. But Mia Kruger does not yet know how deeply she really is involved in this story ...

I will not go into the plot, otherwise spoilers cannot be avoided. I'd better tell you my impressions of the book and the cycle as a whole. ⠀ I'll make a reservation right away that the first book caused complete delight, the second disappointed me a little, but in general I liked the cycle. ⠀ For those who are not familiar with the mythology of trolls and fairies, I strongly advise against starting with this cycle, since the author does not make any excursions into history. You yourself should know what's what. "It will not be enough! Not enough!" ⠀ It seems that the second book was cut in volume, or the author was in a great hurry...

Just want to note the size of the novel. Almost 1300 pages of tiny font. I read it for two weeks, and then for several days I could not gather my thoughts together. ⠀ I was absolutely devastated - he made such a strong impression on me. The novel covers events over 12 years (from 1861 to 1873), developing against the background of the civil war between the northern industrial and southern agricultural states of America. In the center of the plot is young Scarlett O'Hara and her difficult relationships with men and herself. ⠀ Scarlett has a complex personality. She is selfish, spoiled, calculating and totally empathic...

The worst book for me this year. Do not pay attention to the plain cover, it does not convey the essence of the content, the annotation from the publisher is also about nothing. ⠀ This is a shame, because a real diamond is hidden inside for lovers of horror stories. ⠀ The book contains elements of mysticism, detective and thriller. New Years Eve. ⠀ A small mining town - an eerie backwater frozen in post-Soviet times. It is inhabited by sad people and their sad routine. ⠀ They are so immersed in their monotonous life that they do not even see patterns in the disappearance of women for 17 years. ⠀ Well, they found a severed head...