Blade of Dream

Maybe 3.5. Very little plot. Mostly a lot of slice of life and character development.

I very much like the 2 main characters, but it had been a while since I read the first book and I didn't really remember what the overall plot was. It didn't matter too much since this didn't really seem to deal with that until the final section of the book.

There is very little to make this book a fantasy. It's there, and is probably an underlying driving force, but if you're expecting magical combat or something, you're going to be severely disappointed.

So far this is my least favorite of his fantasy series (I really loved Dagger & Coin), but I still liked it enough to pick up the final book.