Traitor's Blade

Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The remnants of a royal guard drift around in search of a purpose after the death of their king. A vaguely early renaissance setting with some good action scenes and banter between friends, mixed up with some really heavy melodrama.

I had mixed feelings about this one--I think the writing was above average and the pacing was pretty solid. The plot was good in concept but some of the twists that I think were meant to be surprising were over-telegraphed, while other elements still have me scratching my head--I think because they weren't at all resolved, as opposed to being too subtle for me.

Rated on the "Will I read the next one" scale: I think so. The story is probably worth two more books or so.

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