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i can’t state just how much i love this book. can’t wait to see how it grows

am loving it so far!

mysteries abundant. i love the world, the characters and the magic.

Took a slight break from reading, started a new job.

That doesn’t mean I adore this book any less. The character interactions and dialogue is superb. It is incredibly realistic and intriguing.

The plot is gripping. I find revenge plots, when done well, incredibly entertaining. Best Served Cold is one of the greatest examples in all of media of a revenge story done right, and I’m not even a third in!

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I’m intrigued to see what Shivers gets up to with Murcazzo and Friendly, I liked their dynamic, and Murcazzo is quickly rising to an favourite, and Shievrs was already. Can’t wait to read more!

Best Served Cold starts with a thrilling, gripping chapter: of betrayal and the saving of a life—the chapter titles use in the sequence was fantastic writing, the entire falling sequence was brutally gruesome and chaotic.

Shivers first few chapters are witty and hilarious , they had me giggling like a little girl at times, him trying to find a more honest living, but getting in fights all the time, haha.

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Well, I finished the book! Glokta had a fantastic ending, his last talk with West, and Pike being Rews! Didn’t expect that! I wish we got to hear Sult’s secrets, though.
Jezal had a decent end, he seems a decent King!
West, I’ll assume he’s dead. Dogman as speaker, and Ferro, wherever she is.
Logan had a pretty bit of an ambiguous end, betrayed by Dow and jumping off a cliff into a river. Cliffhanger indeed.

Bayaz being such a dick these last few chapters lmaooo, and Logan tbf too. I don’t like how he treated Grim or the Dogman. Didn’t expect Dogman to call him out for Tul or stand up for him either.

But Bayaz standing on Logan, pushing him down into the vomit was something else.

Also I’m sad Ferro and Logan didn’t reunite :(

GLOKTA AND ARDEE? AAA

That chapter was amazing, I was so scared he was going to do it, kill her. But he pulls out a ring! And she said yes! It may be a business arrangement, but their kiss made me tear up a little.

I was worried for West when he was caught up in Bayaz’s chaos. But now he got the sickness. Please don’t die, please don’t die. I was worried he would so many times, please not now.

Shhhhhiiiit. That ‘Answers’ chapter might top ‘Questions’ as Glokta’s best.
Finding out Severard was a traitor, I think we were meant to work that one out ourselves, but I never expected Frost to be one too. I also love Cosca!

But Answers is incredible. Bayaz was truly behind everything and had been for a long time! The true puppeteer. “And blah, blah fucking blah”- Great Glokta line.

The Siege of Adua is over, it was incredible.

Ferro and Bayaz’ were fascinating. The twist of Quai was shocking, I knew something was up, but not what.
Bayaz uses the Seed! That was a perfect climax! RIP Yulwei.

“You’re the best man I know”. Top 3 scene, and to put Grims funeral right after, Logan. Love him but, crashing the funeral after disregarding him while dying. My opinion changed a bit. RIP GRIM!!

This book is my favourite in the series. And the one that pushed it over ASOIAF to take my number one spot as favourite fantasy series.

Glokta and Logan are my favourites. Whilst the Battle of the High Places and the Battle of Carleon, with the Bloody Nine defeating Bethod and the Fierced, my favourite sequence so far.

I love how Joric reverted to his old self, great writing. Let the Siege of Adua begin!

Finished Part 1!

Poor Jezal, I wish he would’ve ended up with Ardee, the Princess of Talins is quite a handful.

Dogman, West and Logan… omg. Poor Tul he did not deserve that, and for the BloodyNine to then split apart Crummock’s son? Such a shocking end to—potentially— the best action sequence Id ever read: the Battle of the High Places.

Glokta seems in danger from multiple sides.

Loving it so far.

King Jezal! I saw it coming! Bayaz was grooming him.
I loved his tantrum to the closed council, i hope he does right by Ardee.

Logan and the Dogman may have the most exciting plot so far this book. Crummocks base has me worried for their safety, though.
I hope with West now as Lord Marshall, he’ll go to their rescue.

Glokta is, of course, always amazing. I love that Cosca is back.

So far this has had the strongest start in the series, with Glokta’s starting POV being gripping and a great callback to his first chapter in TBI. Logan, Dogman and West so far have the most intriguing story, with Logan back with his crew of Named Men.
Jezal and Bayaz are so far leading towards a crowning for Jezal?
Quai doesn’t trust Bayaz which is interesting.
I am curious on what Ferro is going to do.

Really enjoying the second half of this book. Glokta’s final few chapters in Dagoska were all entertaining. West has had amazing character development , him killing Ladisla was shocking. Jezal has gone through a lot and changed a lot. Aulcus was interesting, the lore drops. But everything after the Flathead attack was incredible! Worried for West and the Dogman.

I love the character development in recent chapters. After the climactic finish to the first part, where each character went through extremely altering moments, deadly situations and even injuring some brutally, each character has grown exponentially.

Wow.

I did not expect Sybil to commit suicide, nor did I expect for Dorian to be so harsh towards her? What an insane chapter and the one that followed, Henry’s telling of her passing, as Grey is writing his apology/ love letter, is tragic.
Basil’s talk with Dorian and confession of love is poetic beauty. Dorians growing paranoia is compelling; excited to see how Henry and the painting corrupt him further.

Harry, or Lord Henry, is by far the most
interesting and my favourite character. Dorian and Sybil, and the way they voice their feelings and affections for one another, is perfectly and prettily written. What a romance! I thoroughly enjoyed Chapter III, with Lord Henry at lunch, but truly all have been great.

I am quite encaptured by this book, I have only finished the third chapter, but its prose is delightful to one’s eyes, and incredibly satisfying to read; it’s moral point of views and philosophies—largely from the speeches of Lord Henry—fascinating and intriguing, and the underlining homoerotica (?) is compelling and really quite beautiful.

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I was a tad worried I wouldn’t enjoy this book, that my love of it was purely based in nostalgia. I was quite suprised by how well the action sequences and dialogue flows, as well as the info dumping being weaved into the story quite well.
So far, it’s an 8/10

This book is truely something special. It is lacking quite significantly in epic action sequences and sprawling fantasy battles, instead focusing on impressive, meticulously done character work and building. The arcs of each of the PoV characters, as well as a few of the more significant side characters, is beautifully crafted. What a book. The run of chapters from Never Bet Against a Magus-House of the Maker, mwah!