Traitor's Blade

I first heard about this book/series via booktube when a readalong was announced for August-November 2020. The blurb sounded interesting and I had seen it mentioned a few times that it wasn't too long a book and easy to get through so I decided to join in with the readalong. Plus it has a cool cover and the Kindle edition was £1.99!

While Traitor's Blade feels a little bit like a ‘setting-the-scene' for a greater story sort of book I don't think that is a big deal. The world- and character-building are both great and the story is plenty engaging to keep you reading to the end. There are some very obvious points where information is not revealed to the reader, which I think you have to take with a pinch of salt - and faith - that all will become clear in the later books. Although those parts felt a little bit clumsy this is the first book not only of the series but of the author's published works so I am willing to give a bit of leeway there.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and that's worth a lot in my opinion. I can't wait to get started on #2 even if it's another 200+ pages longer than this one! While I haven't finished the series (yet) I can say that Traitor's Blade was a fun, engaging fantasy with well written combat (not gory) and characters that's sub-400 pages and easy to get into. Well worth a try!