Blood of Elves 

By. Andrzej Sapkowski 

P. 398 

Format: ebook, audio 

Rating: ***1/2 

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The reading order for the Witcher series is a bit confusing to me. Blood of Elves is considered the first book of the series, yet there is a prequel full of short stories called The Last Wish. I am very thankful that I read that book first, or I am not sure I would have understood anything that was happening in Blood of Elves. 

 

For an epic fantasy story Blood of Elves has a fairly simplistic plot. There are multiple perspectives, but again not as many as some of the massive fantasy series that are popular. I found it refreshing. Although, I am not sure I would have enjoyed the series quite as much without having watched the first season of The Witcher. This is a rare instance of me thinking that the TV series helps the books. It is just that the characters are written a bit flat. Seeing the world of the books on screens helps to breath life into them the way that the author did not. 

 

I most defiantly would have finished the book without having watched the TV series first. I may have moved on in the series. I would not have cared as much as I do now.