


Gamers? If you’re into Skyrim, God of War, or Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Hall of Smoke is for you.īinge-watchers? If Vikings, The Last Kingdom and Netflix’s Barbarians are your thing, Hall of Smoke will be too.ĭoes Hall of Smoke have romance? Does the Hall of Smoke series have romance? Does Dark Water Daughter have romance? Readers, if you’re a fan of Brian Staveley, Robin Hobb, Tasha Suri, and RJ Barker, you will love Hall of Smoke. Hall of Smoke is an epic fantasy series with a Viking flavour, packed with action, meddling gods, and an atmospheric world of pines and mountains and creatures that want to eat you. Who do you recommend the Hall of Smoke series to? The same will apply to Pillar of Ash, which is coming early 2024. Barrow of Winter follows a new main character and is set, again, over a decade after the previous installment (but there will be cameos from many of your favourite characters!) Hall of Smoke and Temple of No God both follow Hessa, and can be considered a duology within the broader world. There is also a stronger connection between Hall of Smoke and Temple of No God than any of the other installments. There will also be some spoilers for Hall of Smoke if you read the other books first. However, the events of Hall of Smoke impact the world in which subsequent books take place, so some readers may prefer to read the books in publication order. You do not have to read the series in order, or read the next book to find out what happens - each story is contained and wrapped up within themselves.

What is the relationship between the Hall of Smoke World books?Īll books in the Hall of Smoke world stand alone. Shadow of the Gods, John Gwynne (Top read of 2021)Ī Natural History of Dragons, Marie Brennan Kings of the Wyld, Nicolas Eames (Top read of 2020) The Blacktongue Thief, Christopher Buehlman The Bear and the Nightengale, Katherine Arden As a child, I devoured anything by Tamora Pierce, David Eddings, Gary Paulsen, Terry Brooks and again, Garth Nix. I consistently love anything by Garth Nix, Pierce Brown, Katherine Arden, John Gwynne, Madeline Miller, and Adrienne Young. I pitched a few of them, but Hall of Smoke was the one that landed me my wonderful agent, Naomi Davis, and it quickly sold to Titan Books. At 25, I decided to give becoming an author another try, and in the next three years I wrote 5 novels. I didn't start writing again until my early twenties.

Though I had some interest from agents and received requests, it never went anywhere. I finished my first full-length novel at 12/13, and queried at 15. I ran out of books at my local library when I was about 11, and started writing my own.
