Along the Razor's Edge

One of my favorite books of the year and a downright crazy ride. My first foray into Rob J. Hayes' work couldn't have been better.

Hayes made this epistolary-like narrative a propulsive read, with a morally-gray-arguably-just-morally-wrong character driving the story, and a unique and curious narrative voice.

Everyone in the Pit is a downright fucker (well, our supportive cast not as much) but Eska is a sort-of light at the end of this dark tunnel (pun intended. If you know, you know).

She makes terrible decisions, is hotheaded and reckless, and prioritizes her stubbornness and survival above all. She strays from the typical heroic female character and I loved her for it.

Once in a while it's nice to be challenged by character or story expectations and this book does it.

The harduous, pain-inducing, slowly-killing magic system was a breath of fresh air and it was fun to enjoy a story where darkness is so prevalent yet it drives you to search for something around it.

Really looking forward to reading the rest of this series.