Seven Blades in Black

Executive Summary: This book was very uneven for me. I was reluctant to pick up a book by Sam Sykes and I'm reluctant to continue on with this series.

Full Review
Humor is subjective. Personally, I don't find Sam Sykes twitter antics funny. I follow a lot of his friends and often time they get mixed up with his antics. I mostly just roll my eyes and ignore them.

So when Sword & Laser chose this for their October 2019 pick, I wasn't sure how I felt. I decided if I was going to read it, I'd see about borrowing a copy from the library in case I didn't enjoy it.

My results were a bit mixed. I'm not a fan of anti-heroes anymore. I do like cool magic systems though, and this definitely had that.

The humor (as probably expected) didn't really land for me. I don't feel like there was a lot of it, which surprised me a bit given his Twitter persona and that probably helped this books cause.

Inevitably though, I found this book too long, and slow in places. Whenever I was getting into the story, things seemed to slow down and my attention would drift.

The world building much like the magic system was good though. I am curious to find out what happens next. I'm just not sure I'm THAT curious to pick up the sequel later this year.