Title: Five Broken Blades
Series: The Broken Blades #1
Author: Mai Corland
Genre: Adult, high fantasy
Publication date: May 2024
Published by: Entangled: Red Tower Books
Source: Borrowed from library
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Synopsis: It’s the season
for treason…
The king of Yusan must die.
The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the God King Joon.
He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined…or sold.
And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness―from the hired hitman seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes. None can resist the sweet, icy lure of vengeance.
They can agree on murder.
They can agree on treachery.
But for these five killers―each versed in deception, lies, and betrayal―it’s not enough to forge an alliance. To survive, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other…but only one can take the crown.
Let the best liar win.
I really loved the concept of this book! Just a group of characters with different characters coming together to achieve a mutual goal: kill the king. I’m such a sucker for that sort of stuff!
I didn’t super love the characters, though. I mean, I didn’t dislike them, I just had a hard time really connecting with them at first. They did start to kinda grow on me after a fight where they all saved each other... It was like 300 pages into that book at that point, but better late than never, I guess 😅 Tbh, I think the insta-romance vibes I was getting from all of them was what was putting me off. I very much do NOT like instalove.
And there was just something off about the writing that I can’t quite pinpoint. At times, it kinda felt... casual. Almost modern. It was odd. The multiple first-person POV in a high fantasy novel was also weird, but I didn’t hate it. I do prefer first-person POV.
All that being said, I did actually enjoy this. Lol. It had some really good action sequences, which we all know I’m a sucker for. And the end of the book was WILD. Everything was a complete disaster after the insane plot twists we got that I did not see coming, but it was FUN! It was a fun and crazy ride and I am really looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book because DAMN.
And there was just something off about the writing that I can’t quite pinpoint. At times, it kinda felt... casual. Almost modern. It was odd. The multiple first-person POV in a high fantasy novel was also weird, but I didn’t hate it. I do prefer first-person POV.
All that being said, I did actually enjoy this. Lol. It had some really good action sequences, which we all know I’m a sucker for. And the end of the book was WILD. Everything was a complete disaster after the insane plot twists we got that I did not see coming, but it was FUN! It was a fun and crazy ride and I am really looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book because DAMN.
I've been on the verge of adding it to my TBR but you know what, the pros outweight the cons this time 😂 I also hate instalove, but then you said "crazy plot twists" and "action sequences" and I WAS SOLD.
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