The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, 1)

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With new enemies, new histories, new theologies there is more to this world than ever before. A little bit of something for everyone. Divisiveness again: side characters are amazing. Female characters especially. From bombardier Gwenna trough mysterious Triste to Skullsworn assassin Pyrre - my favorite character... Senft, Michael (1 April 2016). "Brian Staveley on Wrapping up His Fantasy Trilogy, "The Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne" ". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved 25 June 2017. Flush with her triumph over her father’s murderer, Adare settles into her new life, comfortable with both her role and her relationship with il Tornja. When she finally turns her attention to her inheritance, however, a single volume of history left her by her father, she finds a note from the late emperor, a message from beyond the grave proving that Uinian was, in fact, innocent of his murder, and laying the blame at the feet of the kenarang, the regent, Adare’s new lover, Ran il Tornja.

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And Kaden, my favourite character from the last book. What a complete mess of a character had he become? You would really abandon your mentor who saved your lives a thousand times for someone who is described as the villain and hails from the most evil people in the history of world, and a girl who you met days ago. The main two annoying decisions he made include going to the Ishien and helping Kien (I know he turned out okay but he couldn’t have possibly known that then). And the only reason he gives is ‘I have to’. The prologue opens on a scene of slaughter. The immortal Csestriim general Tan’is is overseeing the massacre of humans. Humans, we learn, are the children of the Csestriim, but for reasons unknown, they are born different from their parents. Unlike the Csestriim, who are immortal and emotionless, these human children have a life span of less than a hundred years, and are the playthings of their own passions. This difference leads to a great war between the two races, one that nearly ends in the complete destruction of the humans before the humans are able to turn the tide and effect their own genocide of the Csestriim. Kaden - Still the rightful heir to the Unhewn Throne, but the battle for it hasn't gotten any easier, nor have the mysteries surrounding it. Alexander, Niall (3 January 2014). "A Boy and His Toys: The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley". Tor.com . Retrieved 25 June 2017. I’m now more intrigued than ever about where this series will go. I admit the plot became more addicting when Adare, Kaden and Valyn were all unaware of the fates of the others, so each sibling had to act on their own using what information they had available. As a result, Adare, Kaden and Valyn now each have their own individual goals. None of them are all that noble or perfect when it comes to making the tough decisions; I found myself dismayed as often as I was proud of some of their choices, but that is to be expected given the circumstances. I’m actually glad that they each have their strengths and shortcomings.

Kaden hui’Malkeenian, the Scion of Light, the Long Mind of the World, Holder of the Scales, and Keeper of the Gates. Heir to the Unhewn Throne. Well, at least it was a brief part of a chapter you had to endure. Here, it was almost entire second half of the book. Not in the scale of it, mind you, but in little dosages, here and there, like with that myth how giving a poison on a teaspoon every day will make your immune system build an antidote for it. Yes, little dosages just like that. Only, you never get immune to that poison.

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If he was going to survive, if he was to take his father’s place on the Unhewn Throne, he needed to know about swords and fighting, politics and people, about all the things the Shin had neglected in their single-minded effort to train him in the empty trance that was the vaniate.

Do you remember infamous Red Wedding scene from a G. R.R. Martin’s book or a Game of Thrones TV show? Do you remember that feeling you had while reading or watching it? Yes, traumas, I know. The suspense is relentless, and the moral compromises the protagonists confront, often accompanied by violence, are wrenching.” — Shelf Awareness Kaden learned the prologue lesson in earnest. Triste remains an eager enigma. And the ending has me baited foe the release of the third installment. Please hurry. The Providence of Fire continues the chronicles of the three siblings Valyn, Kaden, and Adare. I have two things to say to start the review. 1) Brian Staveley is a fantastic writer, and I am immensely jealous of his skill with words. The books have an absolute flow, and I have no idea how he can effortlessly weave in such apt similes and metaphors. 2) The characters constantly make hideously bad decisions. Such bad decisions that you wonder--have they gone insane?