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Best served Cold

🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences

The book is set in a different place than the first law, but a lot of the characters from the first law series are there and it is very much connected. It follows a mercenary woman and her quest for revenge. It is filled with betrayals.

🎨 Impressions

I found this book quite funny with good characters although the world-building left something to be desired.

How I Discovered It​

Part of the first law world.

Who Should Read It?​

People who like fantasy, and especially George RR Martin type fantasy.

☘️ How the Book Changed Me

✍️ My Top Quotes

  • “Men become accustomed to poison by degrees” Victor Hugo

  • “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness” Joseph Conrad

  • Master Friendly, you make as fine a conversation as any man I’ve known.” The convict looked away from his porridge for just a moment. “I’ve hardly said a word.” “Exactly.”

  • “War without fire is as worthless as sausages without mustard” Henry V

  • aprons and heavy gloves. Pello

  • “Had I stabbed her, I would never have aimed for her heart. Without doubt her least vulnerable organ.”

  • Humility, after all, cost nothing.

  • Still, it was better to swear an oath and never follow through than not even to bother with the oath.