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A review by lundos
A Sellsword's Compassion by Jacob Peppers
3.0
We have a lot of tropes in this one. A snarky, grumpy and disillusioned sell-sword with world class fighting skills and a (potential) heart of gold and a sheltered, beautiful, and intelligent princess team up to fight the evil high prince, who is also her brother, and who cares nothing for the common man.
It's all been before and better, but there is still something delightful about this. It's easy to read, fast paced from page one, there's a bit of mystery, a bit of the old "man vs woman dynamics" with a man's man and a woman's woman where it's arguments that matter, and not the Disney cardboard style we get mostly now, a tropy love story, the fool servant and a lot of run of the mill minor cast that are decently incorporated in the story. Magic exists in some form, but besides a 'little' continual spell, we don't see it.
3,4 stars.
It's all been before and better, but there is still something delightful about this. It's easy to read, fast paced from page one, there's a bit of mystery, a bit of the old "man vs woman dynamics" with a man's man and a woman's woman where it's arguments that matter, and not the Disney cardboard style we get mostly now, a tropy love story, the fool servant and a lot of run of the mill minor cast that are decently incorporated in the story. Magic exists in some form, but besides a 'little' continual spell, we don't see it.
3,4 stars.