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A review by crumbofcare
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
I was gifted a physical ARC from Red Tower Books. I read this voluntarily and am leaving an honest review.
#NoSpoilers (nothing beyond what is found in the blurb)
An exiled Prince, a poison maiden, a muscle for hire, the King's spy master, a nobleman, and a thief have to work together to try to kill the king.... Hopefully that rumor that he's actually a god isn't true.
I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for book 2. I was immediately hooked. I've got so many questions and theories already. I wouldn't say this is my top 10 of the year, but I was fully engaged the entire time and the short chapters made it easy for me to stay up way to late just reading "one more chapter" so many times in a row.
Don't let the multiple POVs/main characters intimidate you. This book has very short chapters (the arc was 474 pages and 86 chapters- final copy may vary) so it was really easy to learn all the characters and keep them straight because you got to revisit their POV fairly regularly and they all meet up early on in the book so you don't have to keep up with separate storylines/locations that don't cross for multiple books like in some fantasy series.
#NoSpoilers (nothing beyond what is found in the blurb)
An exiled Prince, a poison maiden, a muscle for hire, the King's spy master, a nobleman, and a thief have to work together to try to kill the king.... Hopefully that rumor that he's actually a god isn't true.
I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for book 2. I was immediately hooked. I've got so many questions and theories already. I wouldn't say this is my top 10 of the year, but I was fully engaged the entire time and the short chapters made it easy for me to stay up way to late just reading "one more chapter" so many times in a row.
Don't let the multiple POVs/main characters intimidate you. This book has very short chapters (the arc was 474 pages and 86 chapters- final copy may vary) so it was really easy to learn all the characters and keep them straight because you got to revisit their POV fairly regularly and they all meet up early on in the book so you don't have to keep up with separate storylines/locations that don't cross for multiple books like in some fantasy series.