And, for those who have never tried it, I will attempt to sum it up succinctly for you. Well, I have recently completed my read of The Blade Itself, book one of The First Law. Arguments ensued thereafter until eventually they understood – even if they did not agree – with my lack of excitement with grimwhine, and so these close buddies of mine insisted that Shattered Sea was really a YA fantasy series and demanded that I try The First Law before I abandoned Lord Grimdark, because it was his masterpiece. That led them to berate my poor taste in fantasy literature. Naturally, my friends were aghast at my heretical dislike of Lord Grimdark. If interested in the “why”, you can read my reviews of Half a King and Half the World. So, in order to save myself from some accursed fate, I read the first two novels in Abercrombie’s Shattered Sea series. From their proselyting, it seemed that my life would not be complete without sampling Lord Grimdark’s wares. As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, Joe Abercrombie is a fantasy author who all my real-life friends have raved about for years and insisted that I read.
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