Seven Blades in Black

I randomly found this title when I was in my Final Fantasy phase (and to be fair, when am I not) so I was on the lookout for fantasy books that were inspired by it or drew from it.

I found this had a bit of a rough start. Sal, our main character, at first comes across as you average stereotypical badass tough female “men writing women” character. Thankfully that evolves later on, though she still remains a hard character to root for as she is very self-sabotaging. I can like that kind of character when I really get a sense of where they're at and I can see myself in that position, but this unfortunately wasn't it.

I really loved the side characters like Liette and Cavric. To the point where I couldn't understand why they kept putting up with Sal, when she just kept giving them shit over and over.

The world felt great, the story was entertaining enough to not put me into another slump (lmao) and it was overall pretty enjoyable. Apparently this is part of a series though, and I think I'm fine with leaving it here.