A review by drolefille
Sworn in Steel by Douglas Hulick

5.0

I felt lost at first as I started this book, like I'd missed something. But about maybe 40 pages in I felt like I had regained my footing and was back in Drothe's world. I liked the acknowledgement that he was an accidental Grey Prince who really had no clue what he was doing and that he fesses up to really just wanting to be a Nose again. I liked getting to see the Despotate and felt like while it incorporated many middle eastern/persian tropes, it didn't fall into the stereotype of them. Also -ninjas- (OK, not really, but I don't care, they're ninjas.)

Anyway, Love the book and don't feel like writing out spoilers so if you like your fantasy on the streets and with a knife in the back, read this series!