The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt DinnimanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
As I’ve worked my way through this series, it’s been a roller coaster for me in terms of quality. It didn’t start out as great as I expected given its massive hype (let’s not forget, Ace bought up all the books and has been reissuing them in very fast fashion in hardcover these last few months), and while it did improve for me after another book or two, we’re at a point where I’m giving it once again a 2.5 generously rounded up to a three. It’d definitely be lower based on how monstrously bloated the story has become - seriously, this did not need to be 700 friggin’ pages, and with the next book being longer, I’m afraid it might be what breaks me as a reader. (Carl would not approve, he of the “They will not break me. Fuck you all” mantra.) Really, it’s Princess Donut who keeps me going with this series, so for her I will also return for Book 6 and its promise of a deadly new challenge that very specifically piques my interest after how repetitive and self-parodying this book got at times…
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