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A review by mistressofroses
Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
5.0
Eyyyyy it's a completely biased review because I LOVE FINAL FANTASY 6 and this is somehow relevant to this book let's goooooo!
I'll be honest, I picked this one up because the author mentioned on his Twitter that it was a sort of love letter to Final Fantasy, but I was not expecting it to be one to MY FAVORITE ONE but it IS and that's great!
There's a lady named Sal who has a magic gun getting revenge against the seven mages who wronged her, her lover who uses magic quills and writing to heal wounds (and make her bullets), and a soldier of the revolution whose bright-eyed idealism is tarnished, but the great thing about this book is just how good of a narrator Sal is. She's witty at times, flawed in others, taken to fancy (since she does love opera) and there's a little extra fun for those who catch the references or can see where descriptions of certain characters probably stemmed from. It's also a Hefty Book in a nostalgic and wonderful way if you, like me, were the kind of kid to pick books out on value for money and would die for a Thick Tome to get you through a week without having to go to the library or bookstore.
If I'm entirely honest, it'd probably be a 4.5 star book if Goodreads actually let you do that, but I'm letting my bias nudge this one up.
It's pretty easy to tell that Sam Sykes and Chuck Wendig are friends, by the way, so if you like the way he writes his female characters, you'll probably like this one too. It's a fun time!
I'll be honest, I picked this one up because the author mentioned on his Twitter that it was a sort of love letter to Final Fantasy, but I was not expecting it to be one to MY FAVORITE ONE but it IS and that's great!
There's a lady named Sal who has a magic gun getting revenge against the seven mages who wronged her, her lover who uses magic quills and writing to heal wounds (and make her bullets), and a soldier of the revolution whose bright-eyed idealism is tarnished, but the great thing about this book is just how good of a narrator Sal is. She's witty at times, flawed in others, taken to fancy (since she does love opera) and there's a little extra fun for those who catch the references or can see where descriptions of certain characters probably stemmed from. It's also a Hefty Book in a nostalgic and wonderful way if you, like me, were the kind of kid to pick books out on value for money and would die for a Thick Tome to get you through a week without having to go to the library or bookstore.
If I'm entirely honest, it'd probably be a 4.5 star book if Goodreads actually let you do that, but I'm letting my bias nudge this one up.
It's pretty easy to tell that Sam Sykes and Chuck Wendig are friends, by the way, so if you like the way he writes his female characters, you'll probably like this one too. It's a fun time!