Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)
T. Kingfisher
Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and poisoners, while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind… From the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of Swordheart and The Twisted Ones comes a saga of murder, magic, and love on the far side of despair.
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2.5 DNF
Okay I was excited for this, and tbh all was well for me until they started talking and their inner monologues really came out (there's a lot of internal dialogue it made me wonder why it wasn't just written in first person). The premise of the story was very promising, intriguing world, but the two characters were just so horny and a little bit bland. I got about half way through the book and I really was trying to push through between audiobook and ebook but I couldn't do it. I think it has to do with my expectations; I was hoping for a little more than what this book offered.
Seeing the reviews now, I see that lots of people went into reading it expecting it as a light romance, a little fluffy and all that- obviously I wasn't aware of that going into it. I think it also probably has to do with the fact that I just came off of Witch King, which is a pretty striking contrast in terms of the quality of writing. It's not to say T. Kingfisher's writing is bad, just a bit simple in comparison to Martha Wells' more complex and nuanced narrative.
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