Best Served Cold

My favourite Abercrombie book so far. While I struggled a bit with the previous three books, the original "First Law"-trilogy, this book kept me on the edge from the prologue until the very last sentence. The story might seem like a simple revenge-plot, but the pacing is amazing and the characters, my god the characters. Such an interesting and intriguing cast, everyone uniqe, everyone with their own hidden motives, no one quite good yet no one quite evil... Be aware though, if you are looking for main characters that are genuinely righteous, if you are looking for a book where virtuousness gets rewarded, this might not be for you. But that's just Joe Abercrombie. If that's no problem for you though, I urge you to read this book!

If you like stories with real grit, blood, guts, betrayals, and about a million twists and turns throughout, this book will serve all of it and more on a silver platter and shove it right into your undeserving face, page after page. "Best Served Cold" is set shortly after the end of the "First Law" trilogy. If you're familiar with it, there's going to be a lot of moments of ever-so-fond reminiscing as familiar characters step back onto the scene. There's not much more to say, really, as anything could be a potential spoiler. Read it. Digest it. Fall in love with every character, break up with them over a tragically contrived misunderstanding, then fall in love all over again as you reconcile with them and their past. Yes, the novel is *that* good. Pick it up, and curse my name for recommending it to you in the first place because you will have a hard time putting it down. You're welcome.