A review by orbitingpluto
The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley

5.0

I am in love with this book! This is the most classic high fantasy I can think of - between the three of them, the siblings fulfill just about all the fantasy cliches you can think of, but they are written in such a new and brilliant way that you don't even notice (although - let's be honest - those cliches is what I'm looking for in high fantasy books). The world and the world's history is gorgeous, and although the amount of characters is quite high I never felt overwhelmed by names (except that one time when Valyn's squad was introduced with like 20 names in one sentence and I just went wait what). I liked this book so much and can't wait to start the second one!!