Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)

by Brandon Sanderson

And I’ll have you know that I am a gardener, and not a soldier, so I’ll not have you hitting people with me.” She stopped. “Why would I hit anyone with you?”

She's an idiot. The answer was right there..

Highprince Dalinar Kholin, de facto king of Alethkar and most powerful warlord in the world right now—”

So that is how the outside world sees him. Interesting.

Used up all the energy getting away from the starvin’ guards though. I’m hungrier than when I started!”

This food trope is getting annoying

“Mistress, you could call me by my name.” “I could call you lotsa stuff,” Lift said. “Be glad I don’t got much of an imagination. Let’s go.”

Her willful ignorance is grating.

Give us three weeks, and we can prepare a detailed report!” “We ain’t got three weeks. We barely got three hours.”

Now its picking up. Even in a novella Sanderson can write a climax.

He pulled his sword out of the sheath a fraction of an inch. Black smoke poured from the blade, dropping toward the floor and pooling at his

This is a really cool visual. This will be dope next book.