ineffablebob 's review for:

The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe
4.0

Finished up this book last night. I hadn't intended to...sat down after dinner thinking I'd read for an hour, and ended up still there three hours later turning the last page. I've seen it described as "equal parts sword-and-sorcery action/adventure and noir whodunit" and that seems pretty accurate. It's not a great mystery novel...the parts which were foreshadowed were pretty obvious, so the only real surprises are the bits where he gives you no clues in advance. But I didn't care, because the writing style is great and the characters are fun. Well worth the time to read, and I'm going to have to go track down the rest of the series now.