Originally Finished: 11 December 2025
Spoilers: None
Rating: Loved — 4.5–5★
Format Read: Audiobook & eBook
Disclosure: None [all versions purchased by me]
If you don’t feel for the monsters in the end, I worry about your humanity.
I think Abercrombie is a bit of a softie, really. He tells the story of a werewolf, an elf, a vampire, a necromancer, an immortal, and—I’m not entirely sure who or what Baptiste is—and makes you care about what happens to them.
They are the Chapel of the Holy Expediency’s congregation, bound to the Church to deal with its more problematic issues.
Their latest mission is to see a princess safely return home while avoiding other challengers to the throne.
On the way, they get into several scrapes, several shags, and let out several screams.
Steven Pacey’s audiobook performance embraces the text, almost revelling in the violence and vulgarity.
Recommended for lovers of fun but grizzly fantasy.
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