Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled: Red Tower Books for the sneak peek of Three Shattered Souls.

Let’s start here: this isn’t a love story. Not the sweet kind. It’s the kind that drips in betrayal, blood oaths, and the weight of grief so heavy it splits you open—and then dares you to fight anyway.

Corland’s writing remains sharp. Relentless. This preview was a tease and a torment—returning us to a world already in ruins and daring us to hope, knowing full well what happens to people who do.

The Blades aren’t heroes. They’re survivors. And in this installment, survival comes with a cost: love turns to leverage, grief becomes currency, and nothing—nothing—is safe. Not alliances. Not promises. Not the people we were when the first book started.

Even in just these early chapters, you feel it. The unraveling. The desperation. The sharp-edged loyalty that’ll burn down kingdoms if it means protecting one person. Or avenging them.

I wanted more. I need more. But until then, I’ll sit with what this preview left behind—splinters of hope, ashes of loyalty, and the suspicion that no one’s making it out of this clean.

Bring on the ruin.

The preview of Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland offers a tantalizing glimpse into the high-stakes chaos awaiting readers in the next installment of the Broken Blades series. With the Blades reeling from the fallout at Quu Harbor and a new, dangerously unpredictable usurper on the serpent throne, the stage is set for a deadly clash of power, grief, and loyalty. Corland teases a world where alliances fracture, love is tested, and survival demands sacrifice. If this sneak peek is any indication, Three Shattered Souls promises a ruthless and emotionally charged journey through the four realms, one that will leave readers desperate for more.

HOLY COW!! This book was AMAZING! I’ve loved this series and not a single book has disappointed. The world building is phenomenal and Mai’s ability to bring the story across 3 books is unmatched!!

This was a great teaser for book three and has me wanting more asap. I felt so sad when I realised it wasn't the whole book.

Thank you to Netgalley, Entangled Publishing, and Mai Corland for the opportunity to read and review the preview ARC of Three Shattered Souls.

I'm OBSESSED with the first three chapters of Three Shattered Souls and I can't wait to see how the plot continues to unfold in the final book in this trilogy. Corland is a master of weaving a tapestry of plots upon plots leaving me in a constant state of excited uncertainty because I can never quiet predict whats about to happen next. I Love that this book had a list of important characters at the beginning, which would've been helpful for the first two books in the series (I got lost quiet a few times with the names) and I LOVED that it started off with Royo! He's by far my favorite character in the series and i'm praying he gets his HEA!!

A thrilling teaser that left me desperate for more!

I just finished the first three chapters of Three Shattered Souls, and let me tell you—I’m not okay 😭. Mai Cortland knows how to drop you into chaos and keep you begging for answers. This preview was packed with emotional damage, twists, and more broken trust than ever.

We’ve got Aeri carrying two relics and the weight of guilt after breaking Royo’s heart with that lie about the necklace. Mikail just discovered he can wield the water wand (!!), and Euyn is gone—a brutal loss none of us were ready for. Meanwhile, Sora doesn’t even know her sister is dead, and that realization is going to destroy her when it hits. 😭

The tension between the characters is still sky-high—alliances are shattered, emotions are raw, and no one knows what’s coming next. And yet, the narratives remain absolutely top-tier. Each voice feels distinct, layered, and so real.

If this is just a taste of what’s to come, the full book is going to wreck me in the best way possible. I need the rest of this trilogy immediately.

Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for access to the preview eARC in exchange for my review.

Thank you to Entangled Publishing and NetGalley for and Advanced Preview in exchange for an honest review.

While this is just a preview, it gave a nice little taste as to what to expect in the newest and final book in The Broken Blades trilogy. Excited to continue on with the full book!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ way to leave me hanging. Immediately must jump into the full book. Thank you for the arc. One of my favorite series ever!!

I really enjoyed the first book to this series, I then started reading the second one and I had to DNF it. I found it so frustrating and boring with all the characters that I couldn't carry on. So with this last one, I won't be reading it unfortunately. Thank you netgalley for the preview of this book. Who knows, maybe one day I pick it back up again but for now. I won't be reading this author books.

Absolutely incredible conclusion to the series. This whole series just absolutely blew me away, and I'm so sad that it's over. I highly, HIGHLY recommend this series.

✨Arc Review✨

Thank you to the author @MaiCorland for sending me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

-All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I picked up Three Shattered Souls not realizing it was the final book in a trilogy (The Broken Blades series). That ended up shaping a lot of my reading experience. While there are moments of brilliance, I struggled to fully connect with the characters or the stakes due to a lack of context — and the book doesn’t offer much to catch you up.
This book clearly builds on a lot of existing relationships, politics, and personal histories. Characters are thrown into action from page one, and while the stakes feel urgent, I found myself scrambling to figure out who was who, what they wanted, and why they mattered.

That said, the writing itself is strong. Corland has a great sense of pacing in combat scenes, and there’s an emotional weight to many of the character moments that still managed to hit, even though I lacked the full context. Some dialogue and introspection really pulled me in. There’s also a fascinating world at play here — one full of magic, danger, royalty, and rebellion.

The downside is that without reading the earlier books, I missed most of the emotional payoff. Key character dynamics felt confusing, and twists didn’t land the way they probably should have. I also struggled to keep track of the multiple points of view — they’re likely rewarding for longtime readers, but as a newcomer, they felt like hurdles rather than hooks.

I can see the strengths of this book, and I think readers who’ve been following the trilogy will probably love it. But as someone jumping in cold, I felt a bit lost and disconnected. If anything, this book convinced me to go back and start from the beginning — which might actually be the best compliment I can give it.

Recommendation: Skip this one for now if you haven’t read Books 1 and 2. But if you're already invested in this world, Three Shattered Souls looks like a heavy, emotional, and worthy conclusion.

This is a great start to the final book! Intrigue, suspense, action, and the characters all still dealing from the secrets and betrayals.

This was a preview of the three first chapters of the third instalment in the Broken Blades series. My review will only focus on this preview rather than the whole book, as I do not have access to it yet. The rating is not representative of the whole book, but only of this excerpt.

Overall, the writing felt very accessible though a bit too pedestrian at times, especially for a fantasy. The story is definitely compelling as we are thrown right back into the action (a LOT of things happened in only a few pages) and while it does make me curious for what will happen after, it was maybe a bit much for only THREE chapters.

We got three point of views, some heavy conversations, a character betrayal (maybe?) and then a full fight scene and lots of dead people. Yeah. That’s a lot.

I also noticed that the inner monologues leaned heavily on recaping the actions of the past two books, and while this can be a useful writing device, it felt quite obvious and forced. I would have loved for at least the first chapter to be more world/character focused and later on subtly go back on what had happened to the characters and what would be their future plans.

This was fun, and I might pick up the full book later on, but overall I wasn’t entirely convinced.

🌟🌟🌟🌟 4 Stars — Dark, Emotional, and Addictively Twisted

Three Shattered Souls delivers a hauntingly intense story of trauma, revenge, and unlikely connections. Corland’s characters are raw and broken in the best way each carrying secrets that unravel with perfectly timed reveals. The tension, morally gray choices, and slow-burn intensity kept me hooked and desperately waiting for more in this series. If you love damaged characters navigating dark, dangerous paths, this one’s for you.

I was quite disappointed when I found out this was only a sampler.

I loved the first 2 books and can’t wait to finish the series.

I can’t wait to read the full book - first chapter is already PHENOMENAL!!! I’ve been waiting soooo long for this series to come to an end and it’s already higher stakes, more action, more everything than the previous two books. Amazing!!

Knowing the title is Three Shattered Souls, I was prepared for some devastation, and that devastation had me on the edge of my seat, watching, guessing, preparing…until it was delivered. That series is full of heartbreak, love, and found family. They are fighting for better days. I don't want to spoil anything, but the way it ended felt right. It was the perfect conclusion, but I'm definitely sad it's over. I'm hoping this isn't the last we see from this world!

Really looking forward to reading the whole book! The characters are compelling, and it drops you right where the last book left off

Only received a preview, but from what I read, I can't wait to dive into the rest!
Mai has really done a great job with the series and I am anxious to see how she concludes this!

Thanks NetGalley for the preview.

This was only the first three chapters, a sneak peek arc, but already I know the book will be great.
Fast paced and easy to flip through just like the first two books, I cant wait to see where the journey takes our pack of killers