A review by pagepixie
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Okay so I read that people were comparing this book to Throne of Glass so I had to check it out. And I found that… they’re not wrong. In fact his book has most popular fantasy romance tropes, then I read the acknowledgments and it all made sense. The author SAYS that they took inspiration from all the books popular on BookTok and combined the best parts. I can tell and yet I can’t help but think it’s smart. They say write what you want to read, right? 

I found the writing itself to be easy and simple, but I’m pretty sure this is a debut so I won’t nitpick. I also know that this is probably a first of many in the series so I’m letting giving this one some legroom (Although I wanted to count how many times the words wine and scars was used). 

The main character, Keera, is an orphan Halfling (mortal and elf?) who is the King’s head assassin and spy. Her backstory made her character as well as her desire to help those like her, other Halflings who are considered less than human under the current king, find freedom. 

Riven was honestly not that interesting to me. A tall, dark, and handsome love interest. However, I think his relationship with Keera will get more interesting. I really liked the bonus chapter in his POV it made me like him more.


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