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googlyvooglyy's review
adventurous
dark
funny
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
4.5
joeydell4's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
thomash084's review
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
3.5
brim010's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
qjbrown96's review against another edition
5.0
Every single character in this book is an awful person and deserves death, so how is it that Joe can have me rooting for people I’d otherwise want nothing to do with in real life?!
Joe has most definitely supplanted himself as an S-Tier author for me and I’ll read anything he puts out. This book took me a good 200 pages to actually start enjoying it and then it just continuously got better and better. The constant back stabbing whether it was political or between mercenaries or “friends” made it impossible to know what was coming next.
The story follows the most famous mercenary Monza. She was betrayed by her employer, thrown off a mountain and left for dead. She somehow survives and will have her vengeance and woe be the person who stands in her path.
Joe has most definitely supplanted himself as an S-Tier author for me and I’ll read anything he puts out. This book took me a good 200 pages to actually start enjoying it and then it just continuously got better and better. The constant back stabbing whether it was political or between mercenaries or “friends” made it impossible to know what was coming next.
The story follows the most famous mercenary Monza. She was betrayed by her employer, thrown off a mountain and left for dead. She somehow survives and will have her vengeance and woe be the person who stands in her path.
d3vilxl3gacy's review against another edition
4.0
Best book in the first law world yet. The team was great until they fell apart which while expected was still sad to see happen. Friendly and Cosca were standouts, every scene they were in was interesting and had me wanting more. A classic story of revenge and finding out more than you knew about those you’re avenging is always satisfying.
crimsoncor's review
4.0
Reread since I was going to read the rest of his standalone First Law novels. This was about as fun as I remembered. Really welldone grimdark fantasy.
octobersmorning's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nina_bloodsworn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
5.0
another fantastic read.
although i love some of the characters from the First Law Trilogy way more, this was also great in character-work, humour, vengeance and bloody fights.
although i love some of the characters from the First Law Trilogy way more, this was also great in character-work, humour, vengeance and bloody fights.