alevivaughn's Journal

A great collection of short stories that features many main events from the first 6 books. A lot of these stories add some cool context and broaden the scope of the world.

A great standalone with themes of love, loss, and accepting your past choices regardless of the consequences. It was really wholesome and went in directions I never could’ve predicted. I hope the author expands on this w...

One of my favorite endings to an Abrocrombie book so far. A Western inspired setting that explores the life of a hero long lost and also introduced a new favorite of mine, Temple. This wrapped the Great-Leveler Trilogy u...

My favorite First Law book so far, just nudging out Best Served Cold. The characters in this book were incredible and I fell in love with every single one.

A classic revenge story with great characters and a surprising twist. I really enjoyed this one. It explored a whole new region of the world, but still continued the story from a few characters we already knew. You can r...

An incredible, and vary dark ending to this first trilogy. The Last Argument of Kings had so much plot to wrap up and it executed it all perfectly. There was a twist the completely threw me for a loop and the book turned...

This book took all the threads from The Blade Itself and weaves them into three expertly crafted storylines. I was highly invested in all three, and was never disappointed to get to a different POV chapter. This book def...

4.5/5 - I liked this more than I originally thought I would. It’s more of a “Part I” to a larger story than a complete narrative and leaves many loose ends for the sequel to take over. The characters are very real and th...

A fantastical story with social commentaries on race and class in the 1800’s. I think it was a strongly written, well researched, and deserves praise at it’s core. A word of warning: If you’re looking for an epic story w...

Another really solid collection of stories that gives more backstory to main characters of the trilogy and answers some open ended questions. Definitely will read this first on the inevitable reread.