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Azure Bonds by Kate Novak
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really liked it
bookshelves: fantasy, fiction, forgotten-realms, rpg

This is a solid 3.5 stars that I've rounded up to 4.

The novel concerns Alias, a swordswoman with a fuzzy memory and a set of mysterious tattoos. She forms an adventuring party with Dragonbait (a sword-weilding lizardman), Akabar (a merchant and mage), and Olive (a sticky-fingered bard), in order to figure out what's happened to her.

While the plot of this book is a bit predictable, it's a solid adventure with some great characters, Dragonbait being my favorite. He's a bit mysterious at first but we learn more about him in the last third of the book.

A LOT happens in this story, and I'm surprised it wasn't stretched out for the entire series. I'm curious to see what's left to happen. There's some funny moments, some familiar faces (view spoiler), and you learn some interesting lore. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series.
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Reading Progress

March 2, 2021 – Started Reading
March 2, 2021 – Shelved
March 2, 2021 – Shelved as: fantasy
March 2, 2021 – Shelved as: fiction
March 2, 2021 – Shelved as: forgotten-realms
March 2, 2021 – Shelved as: rpg
March 3, 2021 –
page 29
7.63% "This is starting off better than I anticipated. We're back with that classic D&D adventuring party feel."
March 5, 2021 –
page 77
20.26%
March 5, 2021 –
page 130
34.21% "Back to basic adventuring and this is a fun story so far. I like how rough Alias is, though the cover art is certainly different from how she carries herself in the book."
March 16, 2021 –
page 164
43.16% "Nooo, Elminster's back noooooo"
March 16, 2021 –
page 256
67.37% "So much has happened in the second third of this book! A lot of my suspicions have been confirmed. And I'm glad Elminster's cameo was brief."
March 21, 2021 – Finished Reading

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