dkaps89 's review for:

The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley

4.0

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So, this thing REALLY hooked me. Nice, gradual build-up of different plot threads with satisfying payoffs AND cliffhangers simultaneously at the end. The complaints about how the book handles its female characters are, unfortunately, pretty valid. But, if reviews are to be believed, Staveley addresses / amends this in the final two entries of the saga. Whether you’ll want to continue on and test that statement for yourself is up to you. But for me, there was more than enough here to want to read on.