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  • Pennyblade

  • Exile. Mercenary. Lover. Monster.
  • By: J. L. Worrad
  • Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
  • Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Pennyblade

By: J. L. Worrad
Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
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A sharp-tongued, disgraced noble-turned-mercenary has to stop the world collapsing into chaos in this gripping, savagely funny epic fantasy packed with unforgettable characters, for fans of Joe Abercrombie.

Exile. Mercenary. Lover. Monster. Pennyblade.

Kyra Cal’Adra has spent the last four years on the Main, living in exile from her people, her power, and her past. A commrach, she’s welcome among the humans only for her rapier work. They don’t care about her highblood, which of the gleaming towers she came from, nor that her family aspires to rule the Isle.

On the Main, superstitions and monsters are in every shadow, but Kyra is haunted by the ghost of Shen, the love of her life and lowblood servant she left behind. She survives by wit and blade alone in a land that would see her dead for who she is, for who she loves.

When her fellow pennyblades betray her, Kyra is forced to track the demon preying on the souls of the commoners. She must tear the masks off to see the true face of things, as the age-old conflict between the Main and the Isle threatens to erupt once more.

©2022 J. L. Worrad (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
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Way too much meh Porn not enough story

I don't write too many reviews, but feel that I have to write one here. There is more meh porn than story. If that is your bag, go for it with this book.
I gave it a few hours and couldn't get enough story through the meh porn. I've found that the sexual escapes and proclivities of the characters should advance the story, round the characters out, or be good enough to want a cigarette when they are done . Unfortunately, none of that happens here.
It felt like there were possibilities with the story, but there was just way too much talk of having sex, thinking of having sex, almost having sex, and having sex that doesn't really have anything to do with the story. And the sex isn't even good.
I have to say that Sarah is a real trooper and did a good job reading the book.

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