false <![CDATA[Best Served Cold]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1246971611m/2315892.jpg 2315892 11 Springtime in Styria. And that means war... War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, but it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers, and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge... 2322406 book 18 6 2009 Best Served Cold total:268|5:93|4:117|3:44|2:10|1:4| 268 1089 688 78 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 05:19:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:45:42 -0700 2009
First and foremost, I apologize if I lessen Abercrombie’s grittiness by my next statement…

In both The First Law and Best Served Cold, his sex scenes top any that I have read. As soon as I picked up th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 00:45:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 01:48:36 -0700 2009
For Grace
One day you will read this
And be slightly worried

In his First Law Trilogy there was at most two decent people, everyone else was treacherous, deceitful, sadistic, egomaniacal and/or tragically ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 15:36:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 15:45:30 -0700 2009 1
WARNING: Avoid this book if:
* You love stories about/with hairy-footed halflings, flaxen-haired elves with bows of fine yew and skin like alabaster, heroic honorable flawless knights and helpless, swooning damsels, whedonesq...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:12:06 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 22:54:27 -0700 2009
Main character is dyspeptic 'done-wrong' woman who has to get bailed out often because she's been maimed and can't fight so well any more. She continually makes very bad (psychologically thoughtless or even cruel, and definitel...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 09:32:54 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:22:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 17 10:44:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 20:34:39 -0700 2009
"Last Arguement for ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:58:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:46:41 -0700 2009 Gardens of the Mo...more...]]> 3 1 false true Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:14:31 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 05:29:48 -0700 2009
The first comparison is, I think, valid, in that both are written ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 08:05:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:49:58 -0700 2009
This one loses a star for two reasons.

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This is a book about vengeance, revenge, and what some people will do to achieve it. But I think it was the characters that really made it. Each one of them w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 05:57:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 03:07:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 19:26:32 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:29:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 05:53:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 05:53:14 -0700 2009
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SPOILER FOLLOWS!!!


Edit after finishing the book: I ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 02 01:18:27 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 01:25:40 -0700 2009 What a ride.
I'm glad there are books out there that remind me why I love reading.
If you dug his trilogy,
which I can't recommend enough...
The entire book is a revenge quest - with overtones/musings on destiny/free will and changing one's nature.
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