Read It and Weep (OPEN): A Review Book For Readers and Writers

ADVENTURE; FIVE STARS; Silver Blades: A Duel Nature

Gurls, lemme tell you what's up. This book. This book. I love it! The author writes in-such-a-way that the characters are just magnificently real! The plot is character-driven, so, to some, it could feel slow. THE BLURB: 

When Riposte Clasicant, the legendary Tilwen swordsman, finds himself dueling to defend his actions toward a woman he doesn't love, he is tempted to throw the fight--until he discovers her fiancé is a bigger monster than he is.
In Silver Blades novellas, we follow the adventures of Rip Clasicant, who has neglected both duty and honor in recent decades. His life of debauchery often rubs society the wrong way, and just as often it pushes back. Only his superior skill with a blade has kept him alive thus far. Pertuli, his sarcastic but well-meaning sidekick, has his doubts about how much longer his friend's fortune will last.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW GOING INTO THIS BOOK: 

This is a high-fantasy-esq story. It features a main character that is Tilwen; a supernatural humanoid. Kinda like an elf. He's stuck up, a man relaying on drink to get by, yet wonderfully portrayed--the perfect complex protagonist. 

The author @Marc_Morrell  has a sketchbook to go along with his Silver Blades saga. It's incredible. We've ought to start a movement demanding Silver Blades graphic novels. 

This book switches POVs. However, the voices are different for each character. You will be offered philosophies of different characters based on their status, species, and past. Killer!

IF YOU LOVE ___ THEN YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK:

Did you love original Sherlock Holmes stories? Well, the author sets the scene much like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would.  Pertuli will make your heart swell with laughter; the antagonist will make you reconsider what it means to be a racist fliptard (we're family friendly today).

Did you love Tolkien's work? Well then, this might be for you. I would rack this story to be a more modern Tolkien, playing on characters more than heists. 

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

This book is for those who love character-driven plots, high fantasy, adventure, old-timey sword duels, A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP, laugh-out-loud moments that seem impossible but aren't, and educated literature. Admitably, it is not for everyone. For those who lust after poetic lines sprinkled into descriptions and dialogue, satire, the best of character development, exciting--but not prioritized--action, and build up before the story (you actually get to know these people!) then this is for you guys! I want to recommend it to all, but realistically some people need fast-paced start to finished. SUCKS TO BE THEM I LOVE THIS BOOK.

LINES I'M TRASH FOR:

*Insert the entirety of all Pertuli chapters*

"With my great love of sport and a strong philosophical outlook on the brevity of the human condition, time and time again I agreed. If eventually the guilt led me to refuse the young Lord Classicant, who would he have?"

"Engraved into the pavement in a shallow, worn design was the garden's eponymous compass rose; a multi-pointed star like those seen in the corners of sea charts."

"'He's cheating ...do you see this? I said he's cheating!'" (To those that will read this/have read this, you will understand the paradox of the situation this provides. Satirically terrible. Love it!)

"It was like rolling over in bed and being missed narrowly by an assassin's knife; like going into a burning building for the woman you love, knowing you weren't coming back out; like watching a king's son fall in a meaningless border skirmish and being powerless to save them."

"I sighed, indulging his prohibition for the time being, and taking the cider. It was warm, and perhaps he had earned some attention after the stunt with his coat."

There's more, but this is a spoiler-free review. SO:

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