A Broken Blade: The Halfling Saga

Indigenous author. Indigenous way of writing where it is circular not linear. LGBTQIA rep. Enemies to loves. Betrayals. Found family. A deeply scarred main character who struggles to cope with what she has done to survive.All the comments about how it was written irked me. It is not written the way westerners write but how the indigenous tell stories which I found honestly lyrical and like I sat at the knee of a storyteller. I am buying the hard copy. Honestly this was magical.

I loved this book. The story never lagged it kept me enthralled the entire time. It was difficult to put down. I had a feeling Killian would be involved somehow. Looking forward to the next book. Great book Melissa

Gorgeous book. Got it for husband- hasn’t read it yet

This story sucks you in especially the strong character of Keera. Please keep her a strong women character. Like after the Prince Killian (Ha..) what's to be friends. Plz.. creeper. Keera should tell him in front of all those people that all those in the Order belong to her. Also that she wants all of her stuff back.. Knowing that they most likely pawed there crubby hands through her stuff. I would look at Syrra, Nikola and make sure they know that they betrayed me. And Collin knows that Keera is going to kill him for what he did to the young shade girls he abused. Riven gets the cold looks for betrayer her most of all. And set her up and using her for his own fun.. so PLEASE keep Keera strong and not becoming a easy forgiving women pawn..

In the moment of reading this book, I enjoyed it enough to finish it with ease. After finishing, I thought about some things a bit more and started to change my opinion. I can see why people have overall rated this book so high. It was easy to get through, had some quick pacing at times, and had lots of the tropes people really like.The representation of different types of people (I assume comparing to different races) was probably the most consistently well-done part of this book. It would make sense as this topic is important to the author and she is able to give an own-voice perspective to it. Some of the divisions of the different fae, humans, halflings, and elves was a bit confusing, but mostly well done.After learning the origin of this book, the over abundance of tropes makes sense. However, it feels like checking off tropes was more important than a cohesive plot. The book tried to stay lighthearted in some ways but also tackled some very sensitive subjects. It didn't feel like the author had personal experience with any of these tough topics, so the portrayal of them (alcoholism and self-harm) were very poorly done compared to the topic that did have importance to the author. It was a bit frustrating that the idea of self harm felt very surface level and then was completely abandoned by the time it was finally revealed to the love interest. In fact, it became something that made her more attractive. The internal thoughts of the character regarding her alcoholism were somewhat accurate but the outward portrayal was so unrealistic. Her addiction was given a literal magic potion to make it go away.The pacing of the book was so strange. Some things like travel and visits to elsewhere, that had potential for so much to happen, were quick and seemingly unimportant. But then whole chapters were devoted to planning things and discussion of crop economics. It was bizarre.I think this author has the potential to make a good second book considering it would be impossible to release it in the same way they did the first. I would hope that the author takes note of the critiques received because there really is potential for this world to improve.

I started reading this book just thinking it was just like Throne of Glass but I was wrong. This whole story just blew me away! I didn't expect anything that took place. There were so many twists and turns. There was so much. I want book two now! I definitely say i do not compare it to TOG! Its so unique. A book well done for a first time author. Bravo!!!

Melissa Blair has written a thrill ride of a fantasy with gorgeous world building and even more beautiful characters. Once you begin this tour d’ force, you will not put it down until you turn the last page. A must read for all fantasy lovers.

I picked this book up randomly from the library. Im a slow reader so did not finish the book before it was due back. But I was sucked in enough I had to buy it.

4.5/5✨1/5 🌶I loved this book so much and it caught me of guard as I did not expect it.It had a strong Throne of Glass vibes at the start turned into this amazing story with love, trauma, found family, plot twists and so much more!Not often does the first book in the series give so much as this one did and I am here for it! Definitely one of favourite reads on the year.

Worth every bit of lost sleep. The tension is amazing. I cannot wait to read them all!!!