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Five Broken Blades

Mai Corland

3.82 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Obsessed. I flew through this audio. I totally called Aeri being Joon's daughter but the fact that HE orchestrated it all to get them to "audition" so they could steal the ring from Quilimar? Wild.

All the little secrets too - Euyn not really being the previous king's son, Mikail planning to lead his homeland in revolution - totally surprising.

I cannot wait for the next book. I love these horny little criminals.

The book sucked me in right away from the start. I really enjoyed all of the perspectives the book is written from; Corland masterfully wove the different points of view together to build tension. Excited to read the next in the series!
adventurous dark mysterious 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
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes


I had no idea what to expect when I picked this up. The only reasons I did were 1) Beautiful cover and art (I know, I know, so shallow of me) and 2) I had never heard of Mai Corland and I wanted to read Korean-inspired fantasy. So there you have it.

Read the review - https://silentnomorejp.com/2024/12/21/five-broken-blades-by-mai-corland-book-review-by-janelle-phillips/

Had a hard time staying in the story. Maybe should’ve NRNed it. 
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DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Not every fantasy needs to be a romantasy, especially if you have to force it. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious