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A review by jethpage
The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley
4.0
You are my last blade. You, and Kaden and Valyn. If you feel, any of you, that you have been hammered hard, it has been that you might better hold and edge
I give this books a 4.9.
My favorite POVs would be Valyn's, Kaden's and Adare's. I guess because Valyn had more screentime then Kaden and lastly Adare ( I think she had 3 to 5 chapters) but all were interesting even with Adare's few chapters. Valyn struggles with his training to become a Kettral , a special group of assassins. Kaden, the heir to the throne also struggles with his training with the shin monks. He doesn't completely understand the relevance of such training to ruling the empire but strives to anyway. Adare was pronounce Ministry of Finance, in the world of male dominated Annurian politics she knows that they will look at her and only see a princess raised to that stature because of her father and not of her skills. Each have their own obstacles but it all comes together near the end as they try to discover who's behind the plot to end the Malkenian line.
I give this books a 4.9.
Likes:
- Action packed
- Conspiracies
- Huge Flying birds
- Monks
- Assassins
- Smart and strong female characters
- Good main Characters
- Character development
- was not "wordy or too poetic" in describing the sceneries.
- No info dumping when it came to world building, it was introduced gradually.
My favorite POVs would be Valyn's, Kaden's and Adare's. I guess because Valyn had more screentime then Kaden and lastly Adare ( I think she had 3 to 5 chapters) but all were interesting even with Adare's few chapters. Valyn struggles with his training to become a Kettral , a special group of assassins. Kaden, the heir to the throne also struggles with his training with the shin monks. He doesn't completely understand the relevance of such training to ruling the empire but strives to anyway. Adare was pronounce Ministry of Finance, in the world of male dominated Annurian politics she knows that they will look at her and only see a princess raised to that stature because of her father and not of her skills. Each have their own obstacles but it all comes together near the end as they try to discover who's behind the plot to end the Malkenian line.