Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.

The Shattered Sea trilogy continues and I found the second instalment better than the first. The focus on Yarvi was useful to set up Half the World but the introduction of Brand and Thorn really helped elevate the story.

The thing about rowing, you face backward. Always looking into the past, never the future. Always seeing what you're losing, never what you've got to gain.

This is a light review, I read it, I enjoyed it and will keep reading. Unfortunately my complaint about the series being a bit too YA for Epic Fantasy is true with this one but I can look beyond that to keep reading a story from Abercrombie.