This is one of my most anticipated sequels of 2026 and it 100% delivers. This Blade of Ours unlocked this door in my mind and my heart. I adored this one so much! Keep reading this book review of This Blade of Ours for my full thoughts.
Summary
Death isn’t finished with them yet.
Sarai believed the worst was behind her. However, months after exposing the government’s corruption in what has now been deemed “the Great Unravelling,” she faces scorn from citizens who preferred her and Kadra as the underdogs than victors. Worse, eerie omens rock the country: from a deadly plague outbreak to a sweeping madness that leave the afflicted ranting of an approaching reckoning. Accused of angering the gods, Sarai returns to the only place that can clear her name: Ur Dinyé’s frozen north. But among the secrets buried in its ice are Kadra’s.
Cursed with frightening, new abilities, Kadra struggles to protect Sarai against a land at odds with itself. When historical tensions worsen between the north and the south, a powerful religious order seizes control in the chaos, led by a man whose very voice can kill—Noceo bu Kader. Trapped between love and a crumbling country, Sarai and Kadra must outwit a power with roots as deep in fear as in cruelty. But the gods are always watching, and Sarai and Kadra may not escape a second time.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
This Blade of Ours is stunning. The country descends into chaos as power vacuums open gaping chasms and the truth becomes something that is debated. When people don’t like how justice looks, the way that the status quo has been decimated, and when the powerful lose their coins. This Blade of Ours explores what happens if truth doesn’t matter at the end. They’re always looking for a scapegoat and when truth seems to be about who is the most convincing, how do we stand up for what happened? People who don’t care about right and wrong, just their needs and who’s padding their coffers. And how the real truth, the objective truth, ends up cutting the wielder, the ones who are never believed, and the victims of the truth alike.
All these unresolved threads from This Monster of Mine return with a vengeance. It’s this masterful chess board of tightening nooses, power plays decades in the making, and questions of vengeance. This Blade of Ours explores family, guilt, and resentment which create the perfect storm. The promises of escape dashed. This Blade of Ours embodies the idea that if we don’t believe we are worthy of love, we end up keep ourselves apart, hiding secrets, and believing we are a pin drop away from being left. What would we do if our circumstances were different?
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When we crave power to protect, to revenge, or just to feel. The world will continue to break us down, grind us into dust, but how do we put ourselves back together? How can we walkout from this pressure chamber of trauma, family which hurt us and disappoint us, and a world which doesn’t spare a breath? Find This Blade of Ours on Goodreads, Storygraph, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.