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Much like it did last year, a new Abercrombie book completely tore me out of the mire of "reading sparingly if at all", and completely engrossed me. I won't hesitate to say that Joe is close to my favorite author at this point - they just immediately bring me back into reading, into imagination, into enjoying fiction again.

The Trouble With Peace was an addictive, thoughtful sequel to 'A Little Hatred', bringing us back into that same world-we-know-but-don't-know from the First Law, with the same deep characters and political scheming.

I appreciate that there's a certain level of affection for a particular author driving me towards the positivity, but Abercrombie's work here is an excellent experience - dramatic, funny, and heartwrenching at times. The dialogue is consistently engaging, the prose approachable but immensely stylish and eloquent. The Trouble With Peace is everything I enjoy about Abercrombie works.