Accorded Nobility

I might be a td bit biased but, I really enjoyed the book.

Much like the other books in the series, Pretty Good!<br /><br />After the events in book 7 Sean takes his household to Accord for the next part of his journey. This book concerns the preamble, travel to Accord and his first few days in Accord as he sets up shop.<br /><br />By now readers wil know what to expect from this series. Sean's power continues to grow and as he extends his reach, makes friends and allies and encounters new opponents. This book further opens the world with the large city of Accord. More rules, more roles and a new start in a new city. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to the next novel in this series. Thus far I haven't been bored yet.

<b> Good, but not up to his usual standard </b><br /> Binding Words is one of Schinhofen's best series. The Characters, The story, The world, and the Heroes goals all combine to create one hell of a ride. Some very inspired writing tie it all together. That's for the series as a whole, This book in particular stumbles.<br />This book Feel like filler. It's comprised of odds &amp; ends stuffed unceremoniously between the last book and the next one. This is more bridge than destination.<br /><br />So much time is wasted on grief and parting from hearthglen. Packing bags, and Saying goodbye, and canceling the newspaper subscription, and checking the house one more time for something being left behind. I know that much of this series, and much of it's charm is the 'day in the life' feel of mundane tasks done with loved-ones, but this is too much. You do not need 35% of this book dedicated to domestic minutiae that lend the whole thing a taint of melancholia. They don't even get on the road until chapter 20! Couldn't this have been wrapped up in a few montages? even 5 chapters worth, not 20?<br />* The feel of this book is a bit more sour. We all know Sean hates playing at being a noble lord, but to have him hate it for the last 60% of the book is off putting. Sean is grumpy and irritable for much of the rest of the book. He finds no perverse joy in the charade, just a low key resentment. <br />* At last went we do get to the city of Accord and it's time for new beginnings, OH look! Now Mr. Schinhofen wants to hurry the pace along and skip over details. This pacing is all backwards. Linger over ending and partings that can't tell us anything new, but rush over beginnings and meetings that I'll need to keep straight in my head going forward? Where is the sense in that? The last third of the book wouldn't need to be rushed past if you hadn't wasted the first 35%.<br />There are a few other sour notes here. The flirty teasing Sean's wives give him feels more like taunting than flirting, And Sean gets bizarrely anal-retentive about what activities can be performed in what room of the house. I'm going to chalk up that last one to Sean being very out of sorts and not himself at all.<br /><br />So over all, we have a book that is not as much of a pleasure to read. It forgets how to have fun, and rushes past the good stuff the linger over sad and dull. Hopefully that means that we got all that out of our system and can get back to the fun, sexy adventure in book 9.

Rating 4.0 stars<br /><br /> This is one of my favorite series from this author. I like the tie-in to the Tuatha. We learn a little more about what happened to them and what the MC is becoming in this one. The group has travelled to a new town in this one and they are basically starting again, though with much more going for them this time. I do like the day-in-the life kind of writing. Nothing big really happened, we are just along for the ride as the MC goes about living his life. Sometimes I have a problem with the way the MC talks to his women. It is always over the top with the love and support. Then I think about what the world would be like if people talked like that in real life.

Accorded Nobility continues Sean's journey for justice against Truestrike. We get some wrapup on affairs in Hearthglen then a bit of a road trip to Accord. Upon arriving at Accord, Sean and family start to settle in and make connections. Including a new enterprise beyond Forged Bonds.<br /><br />This is not an action packed novel. It is a thoroughly enjoyable slice of life entry in the series. Sean and co have to get their feet under them before attempting to go after someone of Truestrike's status.

If you love the slice-of-life stuff, you'll give this a 5. For me, too much of that and not enough action/story progression, so my overall experience is a 4.

<strong>Great book </strong><br /><br />Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone

<strong>underwelming</strong><br /><br />A great book about feelings, loving and being loved, mixed in with lots of confirmation of consent. Sadly it felt like only a few chapters worth of story advancement for a 500+ page book. Almost had to force myself to finish it. Not really a page burner I couldn’t set down. I plan to reread some of his other books and see if this is just his writing style, perhaps I just didn’t notice til now. <br /><br /> Feels well written an rather well developed as far as world building goes. For me it had a pacing issue reminiscent of LOR Lots and lots of walking with one or two quick skirmishes then lots more walking.

<strong>A bit slower pace than before but a lot of good character interaction</strong><br /><br />If you haven't realized from the first 7 books Schinhofen writes in a slice of life style, this installment merely is a bit slower pace and has much less action than has been the case previously as should be rather obvious from the wrap up of book seven. Personally I loved the parts of getting to know the staff/ladies in waiting as I think of those just waiting to become wives. I'm among those who love the story and characters and I'm glad they're getting a stretch of peace as they deserve! If you're worried you might not be able to make it through the whole book then maybe wait for the audio version but it seemed to pick up pace around chapter eighteen or so if that helps you action junkies.<br />TLDR<br />I loved it and make sure to get to around chapter thirty before you possibly consider putting it down.

<strong>Goid but very weak MC</strong><br /><br />While I found this book enjoyable to read I have discovered that the main character has become a weak fool. Too much time is spent with him ringing his hands regarding the torture he has to do in the bog. Too much time is blushing because one of his girls teases him. Overall I recommend this book is part of the story. Just don't make a special case of reading it.