“I made my choice and regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.” A dark sinister world with large spidery demons, but filled with lute music and songs of heroes who vanished.

The Name of the Wind is the first book in the Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy and was the debut novel from the now acclaimed author Patrick Rothfuss. It’s an epic fantasy revolving around the man of many names: Kvothe. Nobody nows the truth about the myths surrounding this beggar, musician, student, alchemist or assassin. As Kvothe is discovered by a storyteller he will tell his story for the first time.

Some books need to grow on you and some books are already a favorite after reading just a few pages. This book had his hooks in me from the very beginning. It might have the same atmospheric feel as the old tales told by a traveling storyteller in the Middle Ages might have felt like. It was never boring and it had everything a good story should have. It was thrilling, it was tragic, it was heartwarming and it had fierce (magical) enemies. I had the joy of reading this book for the first time in a beautiful tenth anniversary illustrated edition released in 2017. The drawings in this edition from @dandossantos_art gave the book an extra magical dimension. I would highly recommend everyone to read this book if you are in to epic fantasy. Before starting the trilogy I need to tell you that you have to wait for the highly anticipated last and third book, as many have been waiting since 2014. Besides that, this book is a masterpiece and is an absolute new favorite!