{"id":14229,"date":"2021-04-25T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14229"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:59:21","slug":"swordheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14229","title":{"rendered":"Swordheart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9781250400239\">Swordheart<\/a><\/em> (2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/Kingfisher_T.php\">T. Kingfisher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9781250400239\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Swordheart.jpg?resize=209%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swordheart\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nHalla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle&#8217;s estate&#8230; and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBegin asking unexpected questions until everyone in the conversation starts doubting their senses. It\u2019s a talent. Like some strange form of diplomacy that goes so far in the wrong direction that it comes out the other side.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>One of the grimmer realizations of Sarkis\u2019s youth had been the discovery that knowing you were being an ass did not actually stop you from continuing to be an ass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Publisher: Red Wombat Studio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swordheart (2018) T. Kingfisher Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle&#8217;s estate&#8230; and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder. \u201cBegin asking unexpected questions until everyone in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,292,2,148,26,56],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-14229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-queer","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-t-kingfisher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3Hv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25176,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25176","url_meta":{"origin":14229,"position":0},"title":"Swordheart, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"September 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Swordheart, Audio Book (2018) T. 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