Made a Monster: After years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There’s only one obstacle left – his own lunatic champion.

The Fool Jobs: Curnden Craw has been sent with his dozen to recover a thing from beyond the Crinna. One small problem. No one seems to know what the thing is. Grimwood, Jon Courney (10 June 2006). "Murderous Impulses". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 August 2012. It wasa tangle of fraying rope strung from ancient posts carved with runes and streaked with bird-droppings, rotten-looking slats tied to make a precarious walkway. It sagged deep as Shev’s spirits as it vanished into the vertiginous unknown above the canyon and shifted alarmingly in the wind, planks rattling. A bowstring went. It was that boy with the wobbly hands, looking as surprised he’d let fly as anyone. Whirrun caught the arrow. Just snatched it from the air, neat as you like.This is hell.’ Shev gave a long groan and looked off into the mist. ‘This is . . .’ She paused, heart sinking even lower. ‘You two,’ she muttered, slowly standing. ‘You two!’ Huh.’ Javre held up the roughly sword-shaped bundle of rags she carried with her. ‘My sword was forged from a fallen star.’

Two’s Company-4/5- This was funny, ironic and very, very, witty. Everything I like bout Abercrombie’s style is in this one. He makes a rivalry between two warriors, one of them Javre again, terribly humorous. He essentially repeated the same situation twice, and in doing so showed the silly nature of this world. Everyone has enemies, sometimes it’s a good idea to team up with them and kill bigger enemies. Maurel, Chloé (2020), " " Mémoire du monde ", le registre de l'UNESCO répertoire des fonds d'archives remarquables du monde entier", Encyclopédie des historiographies: Afriques, Amériques, Asies, Presses de l’Inalco, pp.1157–1169, doi: 10.4000/books.pressesinalco.34461, ISBN 978-2-85831-344-0 There's also some other excellent additions, including a "Beautiful Bastard" where we see a young Sand Dan Glokta before his life altering torture and "Yesterday near a village called Barden" where we get reacquainted with Bremer dan Gorst. Who doesn't love a bit more Gorst? However, Abercrombie really does save the best till last in "Made a Monster" which gives us huge insight into the character of Logen from the POV of Bethod. That one is pretty mind-blowing and one every fan needs to read. You'll never see your favourite character the same way again. Brilliant stuff!The characters are good as usual, I still find myself caring about some of them and less about the others. My favorite story was the one featuring Javre and Shev and Whirrun because it was hilarious! Some Desperado: There is no honour among thieves when the outlaw Smoke finds herself being hunted down by her own comrades. Sharp Ends is a very entertaining set of short stories that really flesh out the world, displaying the brutal and quirky world Joe Abercrombie has cultivated across his six previous books, and then builds on even further in his latest trilogy. If you are a fan of The First Law, you need to read this.