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justiceofkalr's review against another edition
4.0
This was much better than the previous novel, The Oathbound. Probably a lot of that was due to the fact that this was one complete story, whereas the previous book was several short stories kind of mushed together. Also, Need, the magic sword that compels Kethry and Tarma to help women, has apparently become more restrained in this book so there was less running about and less cheese with the whole righteous women power bit. It felt much more like a novel with strong female leads than the estrogen-fest of the previous book that was a little bit too heavy-handed at times. The story itself was not bad. At the beginning of the book, the heroines have joined up with a mercenary group known as Idra's Sunhawks, partly due to a bard who just won't stop singing about how wonderful they are. The problem with the bard being that they gained a reputation as do-gooders and couldn't make any decent money anymore because they were so busy helping the helpless (which Need compelled them to do). Their Captain goes missing and the rest of the book follows the two of them as they're sent out to find what happened to her. No particularly big surprises or plot-twists, but a decent enough story.
alicjaz's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
wdomingue's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the large arc of this one. It didn't jump around nearly as much as the previous book and it was better for it. I liked the dynamic of Keth and Jadrick's relationship and was overall fine with it. I will say that the writing started to grate on me a little bit towards the end of the book. I found myself finishing sentences (for the narrator as I was listening to the audiobook) and guessing the next course of action.
ohmage_resistance's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Transphobia
Characters make a brief transphobic statement.knatreads501's review against another edition
adventurous
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
3.75
logarithm's review against another edition
Dnf at 50% on the reread. I lost interest
craftingrama's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I could give more stars to this one it was beyond amazing and loved it totally,had plot twists I didn't see coming and the ending was totally gripping I couldn't put it down till the end last night and ended up being up LONG PAST bedtime in order to finish the book.