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The Bound and the Broken

Book · Book series & trilogies · 10 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/Fantasy

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Oh absolutely love this season. What you are feeling right now is my exact feelings towards the series. It's only gonna get bigger and better from here.
  • Few more Recs from the last 5 years: ... The Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill
  • Open to self-pub and indie if it’s got heart (The Bound and the Broken and Worm both hit)
  • But I read his series, and I think he's good. It's fun, ambitious, and something that you don't see these days if you only read traditionally published. The quality is better than many, many midlist books from the 80s and 90s
  • The Bound and the Broken is one of my favorite series. Glad you're enjoying it too! His stories uses a lot of the traditional fantasy tropes, but I personally love how he utilizes them and recontextualizes them in a modern writing style.

Cons

  • His books are derivative, but honestly in the best way possible. ... There is nothing original about them, they don't really do anything new, his writing and prose aren't particularly special. But the books are just extremely satisfying...

Sentiment

9 positive (90%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +91% · raw score 90%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

Oh absolutely love this season. What you are feeling right now is my exact feelings towards the series. It's only gonna get bigger and better from here.
positive · u/C****9 · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Few more Recs from the last 5 years: ... The Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill
positive · u/Q****y · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 31, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified
Open to self-pub and indie if it’s got heart (The Bound and the Broken and Worm both hit)
positive · u/S****s · r/Fantasy · Jul 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
But I read his series, and I think he's good. It's fun, ambitious, and something that you don't see these days if you only read traditionally published. The quality is better than many, many midlist books from the 80s and 90s
positive · u/f****t · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
His books are derivative, but honestly in the best way possible. ... There is nothing original about them, they don't really do anything new, his writing and prose aren't particularly special. But the books are just extremely satisfying high fantasy.
mixed · u/A****D · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The Bound and the Broken is one of my favorite series. Glad you're enjoying it too! His stories uses a lot of the traditional fantasy tropes, but I personally love how he utilizes them and recontextualizes them in a modern writing style.
positive · u/P****d · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I about 50% through book one and enjoy it. The plot is moving very fast and the world building is exciting.
positive · u/i***8 · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have excellent news for you. The series just keeps getting better. As it moves on it becomes more original, gets more POVs and definitely gets more epic.
positive · u/k****3 · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I am so glad that it's still possible to write a story like this and be successful. It inspires me and gives me hope because that's what's features in the book I am writing
positive · u/A****s · r/Fantasy · comment · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’m almost through the first book and it’s making me SO. HAPPY. It gives me that warm fuzzy feeling of looking forward to diving back into the world after a long day of work, or waking up early to get in some extra reading time.
positive · u/E****2 · r/Fantasy · Feb 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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