Six Heirs

It's the first of a series, so the end is not an end. That said, this is a thoroughly entertaining fantasy read with a nice central concept, good characters - a pleasant mix of well-wrought personalities that I cared about, I wanted to know what was going to become of them all. There's plenty of myt......more

The setup for The Secret of Ji: Six Heirs sounds almost like an overly complex joke: “A barbarian, a mage, a bard, a warrior, and two confused teenagers walk into a tavern filled with assassins…” Some might say that this makes for a bad story, but in this case the fantasy tropes serve as helpful gui......more

Relecture plus de 15 ans après : ça fait du bien de se remettre tout ça en tête ! Cette série est toujours un coup de cœur, j’en suis très heureuse. Les personnages sont attachants et évoluent, ils sont diversifiés, je les adore ! Ce premier tome ne couvre que le tout début de l’intrigue, c’est assez......more

I picked this up because I got the second one in the series through Goodreads' First Reads program, and figured I should start at the beginning. Apparently, Grimbert is a popular, prize-winning author in France - this is his first book to be translated into English. There are, at this time, no fewer......more