Why You Should Read: The Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill

[@Shivuara]

You definitely really sold this! Also, love all the editing and all the epic quotes from the book - great job!!!

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Thanks! This is easily the video I've spent the most time on!

[@br.pachomiushamorosb4438]

This was a wonderfully made invitation to read The Bound and The Broken. Ryan's heartfelt series is phenomenal and definitely one of my favorites.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

“Heartfelt” and “phenomenal” are perfect words for describing the series! Thanks for watching!

[@absolutedesi5899]

If Brandon Sanderson were to write a classic fantasy series, this would be it. (Aside from wheel of time. The world and story was created by RJ so that doesn’t really count.)

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Throw in some fake swear words and I agree with you! When book 5 is done for both series, I'm gonna have a hard time deciding whether Bound and the Broken or Stormlight Archive Era 1 is my favorite series of all time.

[@RekindledReader]

You’ve sold the shit out of this series. I’ve been meaning to pick it up for a while - I’ll be prioritizing it. Fantastic video.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Thanks! With how much I love the series, I really wanted to put out a video that did it justice. I'm excited to hear your thoughts when you get to it!

[@jazin1980]

Great breakdown and review. I’m reading the second book right now and loving every min

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

It's so good! I didn't think it was possible, but I ended up liking the third book even more than the second book!

[@bardsandbooks]

Very nice video! I need to move this up my TBR! 🤘🏽

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Yes! Do it!!!

[@tylerblack301]

Great video! I just finished this series a few weeks ago and I will agree with everything you said! I haven’t burned through a series this fast since I read The Faithful and The Fallen in 2020.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

His writing reminds me so much of Gwynne's! I used to make that comparison but stopped because between the two, I like Cahill's style a bit more.

[@esmayrosalyne]

Honestly, no more words needed, you said it all perfectly! In fact, if I hadn't already read this series, I would've thrown all my reading plans out the window and started it immediately. I miss this world and these characters! Great video Patrick 🤩

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Thanks! I’m not gonna lie, making this video has actually made me want to immediately do a reread. And maybe…make some summary videos like people have done for Stormlight.

[@esmayrosalyne]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews Oh man, that would be a real commitment, but I would be so down for that! Wonderful idea!!

[@chickenspheres7582]

Loved this review! Just got into fantasy and haven’t read since highschool.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

That’s awesome you’re getting into reading again! What fantasy books or series have you read so far?

[@alexsedai]

I always like Why You Should Read videos, this was a good one! I’m thinking OBAF will probably be the next physical book I start. I actually liked The Fall (even though novellas usually aren’t my thing) and I think I’ll enjoy his novels even more.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Thanks! And that's really exciting! I hope you like the series as much as I do! I tend to rant about how much I don't like novellas, but I thought The Fall was good and then The Exile was great. I liked The Exile more than most full length novels I've read.

[@alexsedai]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews I get not liking novellas. With most of them I’m like “it was fine but I wanted more”. I think it’s really hard to write a satisfying story with so few words and if he can pull that off I can only imagine what he can do with a full length novel.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

@@alexsedai I agree - you usually only get a surface level story, but often you still have to pay full price or nearly full price to get the novella. I think that's almost exactly what I said in my review of The Fall... "If he can write a novella this good, I'm excited to see what he can do with full length novel."

[@alexsedai]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews wow, I didn’t even think about the price but you’re totally right

[@BoiledJellyfishReads]

Well I think I need something so epic in my life. Can't wait to start it shortly

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Everyone needs something this epic in their lives!

[@Duncdunc2377]

Currently reading this series. It’s blowing me away

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

Awesome! How far into the series are you?

[@Duncdunc2377]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews just finished of darkness and light, starting the exile in the morning!

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

@@Duncdunc2377 Nice! The Exile is easily the best novella I've ever read.

[@Duncdunc2377]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews I usually don’t like novellas but man I almost like the exile more then the books before it

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

@@Duncdunc2377 Right?! I've never been a fan of novellas and don't usually rate them because they don't compare to a full length novel. But The Exile is one of the best things I've ever read!

[@dewey9499]

I want to read the series sounds interesting. Especially since the game of thrones comparison gets thrown around a bit and I’ve never read it but seen the show so when I read it I’ll miss out on some of the effect of some of the surprises. But for bound and broken as much as I want to read it I can’t justify myself paying $100 for one book when it’s the basic edition that’s actually ridiculous and I can’t read digitally which is definitely the way to go in this case because it’s a lot cheaper but I get headaches from reading on screens too long

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

I haven't read or watched Game of Thrones, so I'm not sure if the comparisons are warranted or not. $100 is ridiculous and I'm confident even Ryan Cahill will say not to pay that much for the book. I'm not sure where you're at, but the actual retail price in the U.S is around $25 per book. My understanding is that Amazon does this thing where they will rotate who the primary seller is and that's why the price sometimes jumps up like that. If you're open to audiobooks, the narration for this series is fantastic. Otherwise, my suggestion would be to periodically check the price to see if it went down. If you're in the U.S. you can also check the bookshop.org link I posted in the description. Admittedly, the listings from bookshop.org are usually a couple bucks more than Amazon, but the profits go to benefitting independently owned book stores.

[@TeamCarbos]

As someone who thought Stormlight Archive was really bad and thought WoT was meh, but loves Memory, Sorrow & Thorn, Second Apocalypse, Book of the New Sun and Wizard Knight, Asoiaf, Earthsea, Malazan and Black Company, is this something for me? I want a new epic series. Red Rising was underwhelming and kinda cringe. Sun Eater is currently filling the void, but im up to date as of now

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

That's a tough one because it looks like we don't have a lot of overlap. I DNF'd MS&T because it was moving too slow (and I was in a slump at the time) and I just started ASOIAF and am only done with the first book. I haven't gotten to any of the others yet. I would say it's worth giving a chance to since you can get the first novella (The Fall) for free by signing up for his newsletter. If you read that and are intrigued, I would continue because he gets better as a writer with each book. But if it doesn't interest you at all, then probably not for you. Other books/series I would also suggest looking into: The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist The Ember Blade - Chris Wooding Dandelion Dynasty - Ken Liu

[@TeamCarbos]

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews Nice, ill check out The Fall. Also Dandelion Dynasty!

[@derekb.4292]

I'm stil struggling to figure out if I'll continue this, so it was helpful to get a review of the series as a whole. If I have time at the end of the month, I may try to fit book 2 in.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

I completely understand where you're coming from with book 1. I wasn't sold on the series until book 2. ODAL was everything I could have hoped for.

[@kaloqnDM]

Wow wow wow no song of ice and fire..

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

I read a game of thrones a few months ago. Going to get caught up on the series this year.

[@jadapandy]

John Gwynne & Philip Quantrell are current superstars in epic, old-fashioned fantasy.

[@PatrickRyanBookReviews]

I’ve read ‘Faithful and the Fallen’ and the overuse of fading to black really turned me off to the series. I’ve tried Gwynne’s other series as well and just couldn’t get into them. I also struggled with Rise of the Ranger by Quaintrell. But that might just be because it’s narrated by my least favorite narrator.