Fantasy• Romance

Review: Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

November 24, 2025

Synopsis:

It’s the season
for treason…

The king of Yusan must die.

The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the God King Joon.

He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined…or sold.

And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness―from the hired hitman seeking atonement, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes. None can resist the sweet, icy lure of vengeance.

They can agree on murder.

They can agree on treachery.

But for these five killers―each versed in deception, lies, and betrayal―it’s not enough to forge an alliance. To survive, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other…but only one can take the crown.

Let the best liar win.

Review:

This is my second time reading it and I enjoyed it as much as reading it the first time.

The world building is kept relatively simple. We have 6 different character POV’s, that drive the story. We learn a little bit about their past, but not too much. They each come from a different background and along the way start to get to know each other, learn to trust each other enough (but not too much) to achieve a united goal.

Each of them comes with a unique element that is contributing in their unique way to achieve the mission. We know more about them through their POV’s then they know about it other and switching the perspective sometimes gives the feeling of us either knowing more (or sometimes not enough) about what’s going on.

This book is a lot of fun. It’s not to complex (worldbuilding / character building), it’s entertaining and the unlikely group is simply fun *to hang out with*. It gave me enough to keep me engaged and I’m looking forward to re-reading the next one also.

If you are interested in the series, I have good news for you. All 3 books are available already. The Limited Edition is still available if you want to get this beautiful edition.

🌙 Recension: Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades #1) by Mai Corland
📚 Genre: Fantasy & Romance
📅 Release Date: May 7, 2024
📖 Publisher: Red Tower Books
📗 available in various formats / Deluxe Limited Edition
📱 Read as: Physical
💸 Bought
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 474
⭐️ 4/5