A review by bookish_satty
The Song of the First Blade by T.C. Edge

Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.

Sadly I'm moving this book to the DNF pile because I'm not enjoying it anymore. There is little to no character development. Elyon i.e. one of our main character suddenly transforms from a spoiled little brat to a matured good son within a single chapter and his brother who was the good and obedient son transforms into a love sick fool within the same chapter. It just took one night to change both of them! The brother's love interest just keeps smirking at Elyon whenever he is around which was so comical for me. She didn't have any personality other than being the most beautiful. I did like Jonik the assassin but the plot is too predictable and too slow paced for me. The magic system is good and I really loved the prologue but after that it was just a slog to go through. If this story had been edited and reduced down to 400 or 450 pages then it would have been a great read. Too much inner monologue and lengthy descriptions of landscapes made it too boring.