This was another reason Half a King was satisfying to me. Basically, the second and third instalments will be focusing on different characters in the same realm. Half a King is the first book in the Shattered Sea trilogy with each book serving as a ‘standalone’.
If you love Scott Lynch, Abercrombie is bound to get in your good graces. I didn’t realize how much I missed dark fantasy until this one. The world he crafts is a rough one and he doesn’t sugarcoat it. His voice is so distinct with dark humour, insightful lines, and grim storytelling. Half a King is the first book I’ve read by Joe Abercrombie and if his books only get better from here, I’m in for a treat. Wait, this is YA? If more YA fantasy books were like this, I’d probably read them more often. Even so, Yarvi’s path may end as it began – in twists, traps and tragedy. Gathering a strange fellowship of the outcast, he finds they can help him more than any noble could. Born a weakling in the eyes of a hard, cold world, he cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he has sharpened his mind to a deadly edge.
Betrayed by his family and left for dead, Prince Yarvi, reluctant heir to a divided kingdom, has vowed to reclaim a throne he never wanted.īut first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself – all with only one good hand.
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