Before she gets murdered for her heathen ways, she convinces the inquisitor to listen to a last confession, during which she narrates her life that brought her to this moment. The story is all about our protagonists, Sal the Cacophony (get the title pun now?), who is awaiting her execution. My best description of this fascinating book is that it’s a cross between a western, Kill Bill, and a quest fantasy. Happily, this time I stuck to the book like glue on more glue. However, I have wanted to give Sykes another shot since my first attempt, and his new series provided the perfect opportunity. Although his first books were funny, I found them a little shallow and quickly lost the interest to continue. I enjoy his Twitter persona, but I had some difficulty getting into his first series, Bring Down Heaven, as it read too much like a transplanted Dungeons & Dragons campaign. He is a major personality online and can often be found by his hilarious tweets and loud voice about the genre. If you follow any fantasy authors on Twitter, you are probably at least aware of Sykes. Seven Blades in Black is the first novel in a new series by Sam Sykes. My title is a pretty clever pun, but you won’t get it unless you read this book – which you should.
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