That said, she was not perfect of course. I thought I already knew what kind of character she would be, but as I was reading, I found out she was so much more. The characters here in The Unbroken definitely surprised me, Luca most of all. Details about their world, the politics, the characters, the magic. And even though you think, there’s not much action, you’re actually absorbing a lot of details as you go on. The pacing was slow, yes, but it was deliberate and necessary for this kind of story. It’s gritty, honest, and suspenseful in its own way.

We see Touraine and Luca try to deal with the impending rebellion with different ideologies and loyalties, and we see them go through betrayals, bad decisions, battles, pining, and attempted assassinations.įirst of all, the writing style in this book is exquisite.

Despite being polar opposites (one being an indentured conscript and the other a princess and rightful heir to the throne), their destinies entwine. The Unbroken revolves around our two main characters, Touraine and Luca, coming to El-Wast in the country of Qazal, a colony under the Balladairan empire. The Unbroken is a military fantasy that is tense, brutal, and unabashedly frank about the complexities of love, loyalty, and imperialism/colonisation. But clearly, these were not enough to prepare me for the magnificence of this book.

The synopsis of this book was enough for me to claim it as one of my most anticipated releases this year.

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