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A review by jilljemmett
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
5.0
Keera is the King’s Blade, his favourite assassin. When a mysterious figure known as the Shadow starts attacking near the capital, the King sends Keera out to find him. She travels to the lands of the Fae to find out more about the Shadow. Keera is shocked when she meets the Shadow, and he isn’t the enemy she thought he was. The Shadow makes Keera question her position as the Blade and who her real enemy could be.
This book definitely lived up to the hype. It was fast-paced and action packed. This story was based on the way Indigenous people were/are treated in North America. The King in this book took the lands from the Fae and Elves who lived there. Halflings, those who were half mortal, half elf, were deemed as lesser. The King would take custody of and train Halflings as his own soldiers. This story showed how horrible a leader like the King really is, and it’s disturbing that it’s a mirror image to what happened in the real world here.
A Broken Blade is a fantastic fantasy! I can’t wait to read the sequel!
Thank you Union Square and Co and Manda Group for sending me a copy!
Content warnings: self harm, alcoholism, murder, physical abuse, parental death
This book definitely lived up to the hype. It was fast-paced and action packed. This story was based on the way Indigenous people were/are treated in North America. The King in this book took the lands from the Fae and Elves who lived there. Halflings, those who were half mortal, half elf, were deemed as lesser. The King would take custody of and train Halflings as his own soldiers. This story showed how horrible a leader like the King really is, and it’s disturbing that it’s a mirror image to what happened in the real world here.
A Broken Blade is a fantastic fantasy! I can’t wait to read the sequel!
Thank you Union Square and Co and Manda Group for sending me a copy!
Content warnings: self harm, alcoholism, murder, physical abuse, parental death
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Death of parent