A review by whiteraven191
Blades of the Old Empire by Anna Kashina

3.0

Despite being marked as the first book in a series, this was not the case. There was another novel, [b:The First Sword|22008818|The First Sword|Anna Kashina|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1398356297l/22008818._SX50_.jpg|20390748] that preceded this one, and Blades of the Old Empire clearly expected you to have read that one. This meant that characters would suddenly bring up important characters or pieces of information with no build-up or foreshadowing. This would be fine if I had read The First Sword, but since I didn't realize it existed until halfway through the novel, I didn't really have that opportunity.