re: Looking for opinions on these Fantasy Novels

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A Napoleonic era setting and the arrival of black powder are pretty unique in a fantasy setting.

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I mean, I wouldn't call it totally unique. Flintlock fantasy is fairly popular. But the magic system is fun. I like how black powder doesn't just flip a normal soldier on its head, it also flips the magic world on its head.

But the best parts of those books are the setting, the breakneck pace, and the characters. Lots of twists and turns and love triangles and character growth. It's all well realized.

Essentially, the plot of Book 1bgoes something like this (from Wikipedia):

At the beginning of Promise of Blood, Field Marshal Tamas has just committed a brutal coup against Adro's monarchy. When he kills every single member of the Royal Cabal, they all utter the same mysterious phrase: "You can't break Kresimir's Promise".

Adamat, a former police inspector who is now a private investigator, is asked by Tamas to help solve the mystery. Meanwhile, Tamas is busy with purging the country's nobility and struggling to maintain peace during the inevitable civil war.

Taniel, Tamas's son and a talented powder mage who is able to consume gunpowder to give himself supernatural powers, is given the task to hunt down an uncommonly powerful member of the Royal Cabal who managed to escape during the coup. Soon it becomes clear that overthrowing the monarchy was just the beginning.