Best Served Cold

This book was what I didn't know I wanted. I LOVED the cast of characters here—even when I wasn't rooting for them, I still had a blast reading about them because their interactions, banter, personalities, it's all so lively. I've also realised that I have a thing for gruesome, gritty stories, so there's that. And Monza. MONZA! MY GIRLLLL! I FUCKING LOVED HER!!!!! And also the revenge plot mixed with politics was exactly my cup of tea. Seriously, Abercrombie knocked it out of the park once again.

The ONLY thing I didn't care for in this book was Shivers—NOT because he's a badly written character or anything (because he's not)—but because preference wise I just never liked him all that much, even in the First Law trilogy. This is definitely a ‘me' thing, because if someone like Cosca were to have switched places with him or gotten his exact lines then I know I'd love it; it's just Shivers being, well, Shivers, that I for some reason could not give a damn about.

But aside from that extremely subjective nitpick, I loved everything else!!