Book Review 12 - Skullsworn
18.5/20
Skullsworn by Brian Staveley tells the story of Pyrre, an assassin from a religious order serving the god of death, who, in order to pass the Trial must kill 10 people in 10 days, including the person she will love most. This story is full of action, violence, death, sex, love and above all life. This is a story of a woman who is beginning to grow tired of and begin questioning her religion and its gods and whether she really wants to pass the Trial and become a true assassin.
Brian Staveley has constructed a complex world and religious systems in which Pyrre and the rest of the characters exist and live. It is dangerous and exciting and pulls you in from the moment you begin reading.
This is not the first book Brian Stavely has written in this universe, he has a trilogy, The Unhewn Throne which already establishes this world and its people and given how much I enjoyed this book I will definitely be picking them up sometime this year..