A world building story populated with diverse characters that will all come together to fight. This feels like a Nalini Singh book in the intensity of the characters to free their world. It's the second book in this planned trilogy, taking us to the beginning of the end.

I want to thank the publisher and netgalley for this Arc.

This is book2 of the savage rebellion series. However, I didn't realize that when I picked it up. Definitely took me some time to get into this due to the gap in plot movement. Otherwise, the plot was good and I wanted to see what Evie's journey took her.

Savage Bounty is the second in the Savage Rebellion trilogy and continues the fascinating story of an empire that collects the bottom tier of their society and uses them as fodder in attacking their enemies. However, the empire is fraying and multiple foes are gathering as hidden and old animosities grow. Meanwhile, the Savages that have survived multiple battles find new leaders and allies as they begin to throw off the yoke of their oppressors. This second novel in the trilogy is fast paced and well written. The unfolding story is told through the eyes of multiple and varied characters. Overall it is a fun read and highly recommended. Looking forward to reading the next chapter in this trilogy.

Thank you Netgalley and Gallery/Saga Press for provided me this copy. I am grateful and my thoughts are my own.

Actually this is my first read from the author and I kinda struggled in the begining because i dont read yet the first installment. But I will try to make my objective opinion about this one.

I enjoyed the writing style and I think it is suitable with the story atmosphere. Divided by multiple POV, the author still capable to give each characters different voices to explore about the world. I personally love how well written the characters and enjoyed their personal heroes journey. The pace kinda slower than my normal preference but still okay

Overall I am enjoyed my time spent to read this book. I will trying to find first installment from this series and enrich my experience in this fantasy world.

I have received this ARC from NetGally in exchange for an honest review.

Savage Bounty is the second installment within the Savage Rebellion series. Just like the previous book, I really enjoyed jumping back into this world. We are still following multiple point of views as well. It was definitely interesting to see where everyone was at and what they had to face throughout their journey. Whether it was fighting enemies or being a prisoner, I was completely hooked and couldn't wait for all the action coming my way.

Unfortunately, it did take me a while to get invested. Mostly because we don't really get anything new from this one. It also took me a while to figure out which point of view I was reading from. I was also a little shocked with how things ended too. Definitely didn't see the cliffhangers coming and I'm just in shock that we will get another book. A good kind of shock though.

In the end, I definitely liked the sequel and can't wait for the next book to be revealed. I'm hoping we get a bit more in the next one - whether it's character development, action, or anything else.

Superb sequel. Enjoyed this book a lot. Love the intricate worldbuilding and the characters are utterly engrossing.

Savage Bounty is a good sequel. There are some minor pacing problems but overall a good read. I really like the colour scheme with the covers of this series

Here’s a handful of things you can expect in SAVAGE BOUNTY:
•A wonderfully diverse cast of characters, including a nonbinary main character, a disabled main character, a bisexual main character.
•Teeth-rattling action sequences that somehow feel really different from anything I’ve read.
•A pitch-perfect blend of light & dark…moments of pure despair followed by intense feelings of hope.
In this second volume of the SAVAGE REBELLION trilogy, we see some of our main characters settling into their new roles, with varying degrees of enthusiasm & opposition and wow it was amazing!

Thank you to NetGalley, Gallery/Saga Press, and Matt Wallace for the e-arc of Savage Bounty in exchange for an honest opinion.

The second installment of Matt Wallace’s Savage Rebellion series picks up right where the first left off. We continue to follow Lexi, Evie, Dyeawan, and Taru as they work to overthrow the empire that has controlled their lives for too long. There are new battles to be fought and new plots to uncover.

Savage Bounty is full of exciting battles and political intrigue. The characters are the epitome of underdogs. You feel their plight and can’t help but to root for them. The pacing is a little slower in this one compared to Savage Legion, but there is enough tension that it keeps the pages turning quickly. I’m definitely hooked and eagerly awaiting the next book.

a worthy successor to Savage Legion, it had everything that I wanted from the sequel. I enjoyed reading this book as it had a great plot and was well written.

The sequel to the acclaimed, spellbinding epic fantasy Savage Legion by Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace about a utopian city with a dark secret…and the underdogs who will expose it—or die trying.

The call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable.

The empire relies on them. The greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire’s enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, well, there are always more.

From Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace comes the much-anticipated second installment to the “epic fantasy the genre has been waiting for” (Sarah Gailey, Hugo Award–winning author of Magic for Liars).

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Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!
This is the 2nd book after the Savage Legion. It's a high epic fantasy with multiple different POVs!

I’m not sure whether it was because it was the second book in the series, but I didn’t find myself enjoying this one as much as I enjoyed the first one. The writing was fantastic and draws you into the book and keeps the pace going, but although there was forward momentum, it didn’t feel as though it was matched by the plot which created a rather odd feeling. The characters were absolutely the stars of the show, and while there were quite a few POV, Wallace does a fantastic job of creating strong, unique characters with memorable voices and their own compelling and complicated storylines, that bring something more to the book as a whole. On the whole, an enjoyable read that just fell a little short of the first book, and needed a bit more to the plot.

Matt Wallace's Savage Bounty is a great example of throwing out the assumptions about a second novel in a story - he refuses to follow the traditional route of a sequel, but instead allows his characters to dictate the story and the world to expand around them. Wallace showed his action chops in Savage Legion, and his visceral, authentic violence continues to be a hallmark of the Savage series. In Savage Bounty, he dives deeper into his character's motivations and histories, with their growth flowing organically from their situations. I definitely recommend reading Savage Legion before jumping into book two - while the story can be followed without reading the first entrant, you'll gain much more appreciation for the development and maturity of the characters starting from scratch.

Savage Bounty es la continuación de la más que recomendable Savage Legion, y aunque adolece de cierto síndrome de segundo libro, consigue mantener el interés en la historia con sus cuatro puntos de vista muy diferentes entre sí pero complementarios.


Matt Wallace sigue ahondando en la evolución de los personajes, pero se da la curiosa paradoja de que a pesar de los muchos capítulos que se dedican a cada uno de ellos, en realidad la historia en sí no avanza demasiado. Puede ser que Wallace esté reservando lo mejor para la última entrega o simplemente que con el endiablado ritmo de revelaciones que disfrutamos en la primera novela, esta segunda se quede un poco coja en comparación, y esto se ve reflejado en la cadencia del propio libro, que a veces flojea.

Lo que si consigue conjugar es el interés de los distintos puntos de vista, algo que no debe resultar sencillo cuando se manejan cuatro líneas distintas, aunque tiene la «facilidad» añadida de que estas no se cruzan, aún compartiendo línea de tiempo. Es destacable el tratamiento exquisito de las distintas identidades sexuales de los personajes, desde los no binarios a los abiertamente bisexuales, en una sociedad aparentemente avanzada en algunos conceptos pero no tanto en otros.

La crítica despiadada al abuso de recursos y a las oligarquías sigue presente en cada una de las páginas, desde los engañosos alegatos para la vuelta de una supuesta casta superior formada por los nobles destronados, a la presencia de tecnócratas desalmados que solo conciben a la población como números que producen más o menos. Estas intrigas políticas son lo que dan sustento a la novela, que en ocasiones se pierde en pasatiempos triviales (como el torneo entre candidatas a cierto puesto de relevancia) pero que deja el camino expedito para un final de bombo y platillo.

Habrá que ver que nos tiene reservado el autor para el final de la saga, pero desde luego mi interés lo sigue teniendo.

Overall I liked how the story evolved, however I think I liked better the first book to this one. The characters and their development went to an unexpected direction, not necessarily a bad thing bad I didn’t particularly like its outcome. I’m still excited for the sequel and I will surely read it as soon as it comes out.

Savage Bounty is the second book in the Savage Rebellion series. It's a phenomenal follow-up to the first book, Savage Legion. It continuously explores social classes, colonization, capitalism, and corruption.

The world-building was complex and interesting. It has little to no magic. And this book is a bit slower compared to its predecessor. Matt Wallace's writing style is more compelling. The scenes that he weaved are easily visualized, and the fight scenes are incredible! Bloodier and grittier.

From three POVs, it's now four: Evie is still a badass; Lexi is a prisoner of Burr, a woman trying to bring back the nobility's rule; Dyeawan, the new leader of the Planning Cadre after the death of Edger; and the newest addition, Taru, Lexie's former bodyguard who was captured and forced to fight as a Savage.

The characters are the strongest suit of Savage Bounty. They are well fleshed out, compelling, and realistic. Each character has a well-drawn storyline. Readers get to know them on a personal basis. Their flaws, motivations, goals, and what they have to lose are out in the open.

The pacing was slower compared to the first book but I don't mind. The slow build-up of tension kept me hooked from the first page until the last and left me wanting more, especially with that ending!

Overall, Savage Bounty is a well-written and unputdownable read. It's a character-driven story full of political intrigue and amazing fight scenes. I'm eagerly anticipating the third book! Hopefully, these four will finally meet.

Big thanks to Gallery / Saga Press and Netgalley for the DRC. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

I was very excited to receive an advanced copy of this book to read and review. I loved the first book in this series and was thrilled to re-enter this world. It took me a little bit to step back into where it had left off (I might recommend a re-read of the first before this one), but once I got going it was great. The story alternates between four diverse perspectives that all contain different pieces of a siege on an abusive empire. Evie is leading her army to fight impossible battles against an impressive enemy. Lexi is a prisoner with a crazy power wanting to use her for their own ends. Dyeawan is figuring out what leading the planners will entail. Taru is a prisoner being forced to fight for the savage legion. This book felt slower somehow than the first but still excellent. I definitely can’t wait for the next book!

I received an ARC or this book from Gallery/Saga Press.

I was looking forward to reading this continuation of the Savage Rebellion series. I really liked the characters in the first novel and the first-person perspectives of the main characters. Those characters are back and continuing their journeys they began almost right from the moment we left them. They all face new trials and tests of their abilities to survive and move forward in their endeavors to try and influence the fate of the Crache nation. One leading an active rebellion on the battlefields; one trying to operate within the ruling class (while being controlled themselves by the long deposed nobility); one trying to find their footing as the newly appointed head of the secret planning cabal; and one, a loyal retainer of the second who has been removed and sent to die in the battlefields as a member of the Savage Legion.. The characters have some unexpected twists in their journeys and new obstacle to overcome.

I really enjoyed this book and am very much looking forward to the concluding novel. It read rather quickly for me and the timeline covered in this book is much shorter than the first. This all adds to a sense of urgency for the fate of these characters and their struggles to change a society where everything is controlled by the state.

If you haven't read the first book, this would be an awkward place to start. I guess you could do it, but the buy-in on these characters would be low. Why should you care for them or what happens to them? But! This isn't a knock on the book...just go read the first one. :)

A powerhouse of a follow-up to last year's Savage Legion, Savage Bounty more than delivers on the promise of its predecessor, offering plenty of twists and turns while adding depth and growth to characters the reader has come to know and love. Matt Wallace continues to explore repressed and marginalized characters, exploring the personal and societal ramifications of a ruling and middle class that have fooled themselves into believing that they are egalitarian and just. The characters feel real, the world lived-in, and the representation thoughtful and intentional, rather than tokenized.

Dyeawan is now leading the Planning Cadre following the death of Edger. But while she wants to use her position to change things, she faces challenges from enemies new and old. Lexi is being held prisoner by Burr, the woman who wants to overthrow the bureaucracy of the Crache and bring back rule by noble blood, who has a plan to use the Gen leader to win the loyalty of the lower citizens. Evie finds herself (somewhat unwillingly) becoming a folk hero of sorts as The Sparrow General, leading a rebellion of escaped Savages and assorted others that could bring the entire Crache empire tumbling down. Meanwhile, Taru has been captured and forced to serve in the Savage Legion.

Wallace does a great job balancing these separate threads, as each story gets deepened and explored with ever growing complications, dangers, and personal losses. Sadly, as they were one of my favorites in the first book, we spend the least time with Taru. But while their story is less explored than the other characters in this one, the developments they do make are important ones, with major repercussions for the next book.

It's a deftly woven story that explodes many epic fantasy tropes, without ever being insulting of the genre, or turning into fantasy. These are well-drawn, complicated characters with goals and hopes and flaws, which makes them impossible not to care about. There are losses along the way that make the stakes feel real, but without relying on the relentless cruelty that bogs down grim dark novels. Wallace is as at home writing battle sequence as he is writing political intrigue, which keeps everything moving at a breakneck speed.

This is a solid second book in a trilogy, moving every storyline forward, while adding new complications and intrigues. The ending a satisfying blend of conclusions and cliffhangers that leaves me eager for the final book.

This sequel to Savage Legion continues the story of those who struggle against the iron will of Crache. I do think that this book does suffer from classic middle book syndrome, in that we are basically in a holding pattern for this book. There really isn’t much new information or developments taking place. But it’s a testament to the author’s writing skills that I didn’t mind it; I was still entertained the whole time. Evie is still kicking ass and taking names on the war front, and Lexi is trying to escape from governmental control (both literally and figuratively). I will admit that I was disappointed in Dyeawan’s storyline as she accomplished basically nothing for the whole book (although we did learn very important info on her early life). The book ends on a couple big cliffhangers, and I am so excited to read the finale (whenever we get it).

Thank you to NetGalley & Gallery/Saga Press for this advanced reader copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.