Okay dudes and dudettes I'm sorry but there will be spoilers.

Banquo's son is an amazing, well written, descriptive book that shows a lot of virtues, one of them being sarcifice. Sacrifice meaning you have to let things go that you might not want to for the better of the people around you, even if it means suffering because of it. That's what Fleance did when he chose to take the crown and to let Rosie go; it made for a great story. From the first paragraph I could tell it was going to be a really good book. It didn't take me long to get hooked, I can tell you that much. I loved almost everything about it.

The characters were also very well written. Fleance, the son of Banquo, was a strong character who I really enjoyed reading about. Fleance stood out in the story and made Banquo's Son as good as it is; without him, the story would not be as good as it was. There was one character that I didn't like, though. It was Rosie, Fleance's true love. She was a nuisance. I would've enjoyed the story better without her.

Banquo's Son is a great book but the ending was a let down. After such an awesome story I expected a better ending. It wasn't a bad ending, but it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. It was incomplete. There was something missing that I couldn't quite pick up on. Maybe it was the lack of a happy ending. All the main characters are gone in the end, leaving only Fleance and Rachel(The princess and also Fleance's bestfriends sister).

I don't know much about time before the 1700's but T.K Roxborogh wrote it so that I understood it and it flowed well. She also wrote it with great passion, making me like it just that little more.

So over all it was a really good story and I reccommend it to anyone. It is a great read and I'm sure it won't fail to catch your interests.  

Banquo’s Son is really, really, good. Really.

As an addicted Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy reader, Banquo’s Son made such a nice change to my reading habits, taking me back to my more traditional fantasy roots; even if it was a little strange to find myself reading something that had no supernatural elements (unless you count Macbeths witches).

It is a ‘big’ read; no skimming; no simply relaxing into it. It’s absorbing (to the point where I managed to walk 20mins on the treadmill without noticing!) and although the content is light reading, the prose is deep and descriptive, taking you to the world of Scottish kings and young love thwarted... where friend become enemies and enemies become friends... and life doesn’t always give you a happy ending, but duty and honour win out.

Banquo’s Son is an intense and passionate historical fantasy based around the history after Macbeth’s murder. Yet, you do not need any understanding of either Macbeth or Scotland to truly appreciate this incredibly well told tale; which is quite helpful, as my knowledge of both is embarrassingly limited.

Our protagonist, Fleance, is a hero, a man of honour and wit, skilled with weapons and has an open and trusting soul. This is a little contradictory, for he’s supposed to be on the run for his life, hiding secrets about who he is, but in all other ways he is very trusting and quick to befriend those he meets on his journey. Of course, this is the story-tellers right, and makes for a nice introduction to new characters.

Some of the elements were a little predictable, but there were some quite remarkable twists as well, and I think the comfortable predictability made the twists that much more surprising. I found some aspects more starling than others, with some unexpected emotional occurrences, not normally found in a fantasy story.

The characters are developed well, with strong identities, and solid roles to play. There are not a lot of ‘wasted’ characters, included merely to pad out the story.

TK Roxborogh could have made this an incredibly in-depth plod of a story, very easily. But we are graced with a writer than can give an insight into relationships and situations without taking half the book to do so. So although it is a very descriptive and in-depth story, it has a wonderful flowing pace that doesn’t stop to meander through unnecessary dialogue or frivolous plot devices.

Unlike many of the books reviewed on Fang, Banquo’s Son doesn’t push you through the story on an emotional rollercoaster, it’s gets you turning pages through the unusual device of having a good ‘old fashioned’  solid plot to make you want to keep reading. And well worth reading it is.