/lit/ - Literature

>>8431493
http://www.edgechronicles.co.uk/edge-chronicles-book-order/

The authors here reccomend chronological order but I don't think thats a great idea. The jump from the last book of Quint to the first book of Twig would be jarring I think. Publication order is rarely wrong and it works fine here. The trilogies were published slightly out of order so it would involve jumping around time.

Personally I'd reccomend Reading all the Twig books, then Quint, then Rook, then Lost Barkscrolls, then The Immortals, then Cade if you wish. That way each trilogy is chrono but you're not "spoiled" by the story itself ahead of time.
Barkscrolls has short stories set at various times during the first 3 trilogies. It's out of print but the stories are now printed with the newer editions of the books closest to each story. Immortals is a single book thats about the length and breadth of one trilogy. The Cade books have 2 out and the last one coming in the next year or so.

This guy >>8431968 is sort of right. I guess I should have said the books have more of a sense of adventure and general optimism. Tragic things happen, villains and friends meet gory deaths, but it never rubs it in your face. It's the sort of world where there are lots of people who will kick you when you're down but just as many who will help you up. Even at its most tragic it has an element of hope.

If you do give it a shot, I'd love to hear what you think, even if you don't like it. There's not much online presence to these books, and I usually skim every post in these threads, so I'll probably see it.