The Blade Itself

Please don't come for me.

I thought this book was ok. I went into it with VERY high expectations, but I don't think I actually started enjoying the book until about 50% in. This book had a slow start. There wasn't much happening plot wise, and there wasn't enough context given for me to even know what was going on with the characters. I felt like around the halfway point was when I even really started to understand a little of what was going on and who these people were. I think the last half was fun and interesting and set up for a hopefully fun second book, but I felt like this one was just one big set up. I'm hoping that what it is and the next 2 books are super fun and interesting. I still have very high hopes for the next book!

TW: ableism, abusive relationship, alcoholism, assault, blood, cannibalism (mentioned), death, decapitation, emesis, gore, kidnapping, misogyny, murder, physical abuse, profanity, racism, slavery, torture, violence