Anish Kohli’s Reviews > The Blackest Heart > Status Update

Could it be...that the author is trying to subvert our expectations by brining out a different set of Five Warriors? First the subtle hints with Lindholf & now Lawri.
Doubt that's what it is but then what's with all the hints?

Don't know what Delia did do or didn't do, but I know she didn't deserve what Glade put her through.

Disliked Glade right from the start, but holy crap the guy is an evil mofo!
What he tried to do to Tala, then did it to Delia and what he's done to Lindholf. Pure evil!

2nd fight sequence and Nail literally turns the other way and runs. Given that the situation was such where escaping was important but he is also the MC, you want to root for the guy.

The aim of all the Bloodwoods is dubious at best. So far we don't know for certain what their end game is and which side of the struggle do they land on.

Honestly don't know what to expect from this book & series. 40% in and no sign of a magic system, which is being hinted at since the start. The secret weapons are still hidden and the MCs are kinda far removed from the stakes.

Oh my God! Nail needs to learn to talk for fuck's sake! This boy be living inside his head way too much and it's just not a good look for an MC.

So Liz Hen finally apologizes to Stefan and Seita, folks she didn't really bother. But Nail, the real victim of her verbal abuse? No sir, no words offered to him. Weird character decision. Atleast she stays a bitch consistently, eh? Small wins!

Just one conversation with his sis & Jovan realizes that he's been lied to, if not betrayed outright.
He is King, but forgets he is also a brother to his sisters. And his sisters keep forgetting he also King to the whole nation!

Such a deep & gaping chasm that divides the Bronachell siblings. Complete breakdown in communication, none of them even trying to get past a couple of sentences without walking away.