Review: Traitor’s Blade

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Traitor's Blade
Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What a fun, fun ride of a novel.

I remember first downloading this digital ARC copy and really not being sure what to expect — in case you’re wondering: it’s tone is basically the humour of THE THREE MUSKETEERS meets the political intrigue of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE meets battle sequences of Bernard Cornwell.

I know, right?

Sure the book isn’t perfect. I have some issues with a couple of the female characters and the pacing dragged for about the 3rd quarter of the book, but, otherwise, I enjoyed the hell out of this book. I don’t often go into a fantasy novel and come out saying that it was just “good fun” but, well, that’s exactly what this was! It had just enough action to keep the blood running; just enough humour to keep me grinning; and just enough intrigued to keep me invested.

In other words: is that sequel out yet?

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Madeleine Cassier firmly believes that sleep is overrated and the idea of having a “social life” is optional. Bred and raised on a constant stream of media, it’s no wonder she decided to go major in Digital Video & Cinema from James Madison University’s prestigious School of Media Arts & Design, while also minoring in English and selling her devotion to the Marching Royal Dukes as flutist and piccoloist. She even vanished to London for her final semester, and spent that time consuming copious amounts of coffee with an independent film production company. She currently works as a Creative Producer in Richmond, VA, while also freelancing her skills to local clients and directors. In her nonexistent free time, the Mad is known to write scripts, edit short films (and lots of fanvids), read and review books both for fun and sometimes for publishers, produce podcasts, and fling heavy things around at the gym.