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Karen
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Taken from the chapter titled Clever Hands -
“She surely can cook a fight from the most peaceful ingredients.”
Brand was my favorite character in the 2nd book of this series, and he’s still speaking words to my Southern soul.
— Aug 13, 2026 07:57PM
“She surely can cook a fight from the most peaceful ingredients.”
Brand was my favorite character in the 2nd book of this series, and he’s still speaking words to my Southern soul.
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Karen
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From the chapter Bail’s Blood -
Where reason fails, Mother Kyre once told her, madness may succeed.
“Perhaps you need to see it!” Skara reached down and snatched the dagger from Raith’s belt.
Gutsy little seventeen year old.
Actually not a terrible stretch to say The Shattered Sea series is appropriate for YAs. It’s no more violent that the Mockingjay series.
— 4 hours, 14 min ago
Where reason fails, Mother Kyre once told her, madness may succeed.
“Perhaps you need to see it!” Skara reached down and snatched the dagger from Raith’s belt.
Gutsy little seventeen year old.
Actually not a terrible stretch to say The Shattered Sea series is appropriate for YAs. It’s no more violent that the Mockingjay series.
Karen
is 13% done
Just a taste of writer magic taken from the chapter titled Never Bloody Enough:
“He could smell the violence coming, far worse than he’d planned on. But there’s violence for you. It rarely keeps to the patch you mark out for it. Wouldn’t be violence if it did.”
Clever writer building clever characters.
I’m besotted❣️
— Aug 12, 2026 07:56PM
“He could smell the violence coming, far worse than he’d planned on. But there’s violence for you. It rarely keeps to the patch you mark out for it. Wouldn’t be violence if it did.”
Clever writer building clever characters.
I’m besotted❣️
Karen
is 6% done
Another amazing start with new characters and plot lines to delight the senses!
Third books tend to weigh down.
I have high hopes that Abercrombie won’t kill the joy I’ve felt reading the previous two books in the Shattered Sea series.
— Aug 11, 2026 08:13PM
Third books tend to weigh down.
I have high hopes that Abercrombie won’t kill the joy I’ve felt reading the previous two books in the Shattered Sea series.