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A review by kitvaria_sarene
Blade's Edge by Virginia McClain
4.0
This one didn’t hook me right away. I needed to get used to the style and tone first—but once I did, I really enjoyed it! I liked both the main characters and was invested in what would happen to them. The side characters could have been fleshed out a bit more at times, but overall, they were still interesting enough to not feel like they bogged the story down. While I usually prefer a grey character over purely good or bad ones, these felt real enough to still keep me hooked.
I especially enjoyed the Asian setting, which was a nice change from all the medieval Europe ones, not just in differences in culture and behaviours, but also in landscape and surroundings.
The prose was well and fluent enough but could have been a little bit more polished at times. There is one page for example that has the very similar words Mishi or Hishi 10 times in just two paragraphs, which felt so repetitive it took away from the story.
The plot overall was engaging and mostly had me devouring the story, though a few things felt like they were just too easy or felt like they happened because the plot needed them to be work that way. Once again it wasn’t so often it really annoyed me, but with a few other flaws it made what could have been a perfect book for me into “just” a really good one. Which is still a definite recommendation from me!
I especially enjoyed the Asian setting, which was a nice change from all the medieval Europe ones, not just in differences in culture and behaviours, but also in landscape and surroundings.
The prose was well and fluent enough but could have been a little bit more polished at times. There is one page for example that has the very similar words Mishi or Hishi 10 times in just two paragraphs, which felt so repetitive it took away from the story.
The plot overall was engaging and mostly had me devouring the story, though a few things felt like they were just too easy or felt like they happened because the plot needed them to be work that way. Once again it wasn’t so often it really annoyed me, but with a few other flaws it made what could have been a perfect book for me into “just” a really good one. Which is still a definite recommendation from me!