A review by misterwisp
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

(edit: For the completionists out there this trilogy is now fully published and finished, so if you've been waiting to start now is the time!) I think it actually lives up to the hype, which I was not expecting. It's everything. The characters feel like people, the world is subtly well established without info dumps, the plot pulls you in and feels like it matters, and the whole framing of one of the characters writing the story of her mentor in his strengths, failures, and changes he goes through due to story events they experience is surprisingly compelling. It was hard to put down and I'm left excited to read the next one. It's quite good and worth the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

the child death does not happen "on page", the bones of a child are exhumed to determine true cause of death.