Review: The Devils

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a 3.5-star review. Rounding up to 4 stars as it was an engaging read.

Consider the medieval world but where magic is real. There are vampires, mages, and werewolves. Elves are around but are considered evil. The relationships are either tortured or slapstick...and sometimes a bit of both!

At one point, the she-werewolf ends up fighting a he-werewolf. At least they start of fighting...

Something similar occurs at another point in the book when two armies are poised to destroy one another until their leaders...an estranged husband and wife...patch things up. Ah..l'amour!

The Pope is a pre-teen/early-teen girl who performs powerful magic on a whim.

And a street rat girl is plucked from the streets and told she is to the heir to an empire. A select team is assembled to see her installed on the throne. A vampire, a mage, a werewolf, an immortal fighter, an elf, and a jack of all trades.

Much jocularity ensues. Along with a lot of bloodshed and other forms of nastiness.

The author continues his reign as the lord of all grimdark; leavening a heavily flawed world with some spicy banter and a little spicier action. A nice enough read.

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