Review by witcheep - Five Broken Blades

witcheep 's review for:

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book offers an interesting story where a group of people need to find trust in each other even though everyone seems suspicious while plotting a regicide together. They need to figure out how to kill an immortal god-king; how to surpass the magic protecting him. The magic plays only a minuscule role in the book, and most of the intrique comes from skilled battles, plotting and scheming. The greatest mystery of all, however, is who these people are: what secrets lie in their pasts and what awaits them in the future. There are multiple plot twists coming, some of which are a delight to get right before the reveal and some of which I just didn't care at all.

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