He always dreamed of becoming a champion. But finding a mythical sword could cut his life short… caravan he marches with is attacked by a pack of sabertooth tigers. While trying to survive, Finn finds himself crashing through the ice where he mistakenly discovers a magical blade of his very own.
Introduced to a world of champions jealous of his random find, Finn struggles to master his sword’s sludge-spitting bad attitude. Surrounded by dubious allies, he must somehow find the courage to battle the prehistoric creatures that roam the land as well as trying to survive the freezing elements. And when a traitor takes down Finn’s fellow champions, the former painter must tame his angsty weapon in a hurry if he has any hope of winning the fight of his life.
Can Finn command his deranged blade before his dreams of glory come to a bloody end?
The Jigsaw Blade is the first book in the refreshingly unique Bizarre Blades sword and sorcery fantasy series. If you like plucky heroes, wacky humor, and ferocious prehistoric creatures, then you’ll love Stevie Collier’s swashbuckling tale.
Buy The Jigsaw Blade to join a weird and wild adventure today!
Praise for The Jigsaw Blade:
The Jigsaw Blade is unlike any fantasy novel I have ever read, and has set a new standard for me in the genre. -Goodreads Review ★★★★★
Throw everything else about conventional Fantasy out the window. Stevie Collier is not a conventional author . -Amazon Review ★★★★★
the funniest book I’ve read since Kings of the Wyld–as in, people are looking at me in the break room and asking why I’m laughing so much! -Goodreads Review ★★★★★
In the Bizarre Blade Series:
Book 1: The Jigsaw Blade
Book 2: The Golden Blade
Book 3: The Plague Blade (Release Date: May 28th) Preorder Now!
Book 4: The Blood Blade (Release Date: June 25th)
Book 5: The Forsaken Blade (Release Date: July 23rd)
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An excellent “hero in the making” novel ! Easily five stars for adventure,action,and world-building..recommended!
When I saw this book touted, someone described it as “the funniest thing I have ever read”. Turns out that the joke was on me. Expecting better, I read to about the middle of the book when I realized that the text and the plot was getting dumber by the page. I cut my losses and deleted it from my Kindle library !
The jigsaw blade: 5
Almost feel as though this particular author is setting a standard for his own brand of epic fantasy. I was extremely happy to be hooked into this humorous journey. Characters dreaming of becoming something more, then find themselves being placed into their fantasy, but with the object of their desire challenging him as much as the ever present dangers flying at him. Again, how can you not get hooked into this tale? A first for my by this author, I have already placed more of this bizarre blades series in my TBR list! Job well done! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Wow, what an exciting world and adventure!
The Jigsaw Blade by Stevie Collier is unique, fast paced, fantasy adventure that hooked me from page one! This world is so crazy good! Dinosaurs, magical creatures, people are in a caste system notable by hair color (green, blue, red, etc), and more fascinating and bizarre society norms. There are ancient weapons that have magical powers that are given to the one the sword bonds to. This is about a young teen that accidental comes across one of the magical swords and his life and challenges after finding it. Many are not happy a young boy finds it and that he is not a worthy warrior. Great story with lots of adventure, creatures, great fantasy, fascinating imagination, and thrilling situations. Can’t wait to read book two!
The Jigsaw Blade is a unique sword and sorcery tale. It’s a coming-of-age Young Adult/New Adult crossover. It’s action-packed and will keep you turning the pages! The tongue-in-cheek humor reminds me of Roald Dahl books. I even laughed out loud a few times, which I don’t do often. The gritty survival scenes reminded me of First Blood, which I watched as a teenager several times in English and in German, and is still the best of the Rambo movies.
Finn Featherstone is an unlikely hero and a very relatable character who grows through adversity. The story is written from his point of view. He is a painter apprentice to his father, acquainted with being bullied, and empathic to animals. He has a difficult relationship with his father, a big heart, and (like a typical teenager) a hero that he wants to emulate.
Bizarre Blades have unique magical abilities and are anthropomorphic. Each one is different and each one has a name. They also have side-effects. Only champions can wield Bizarre Blades and not all champions have them.
Themes that made this book notable were caring for animals (including the dangerous ones), acting courageously even when doing it afraid, learning to put differences aside to work as a team, and self-discovery.
There’s graphic violence, which is not only reserved for the bad guys and monsters, but gets meted out on innocent people too. There’s also some nudity. For these reasons, I think this book is better suited for older teenagers and up.
Trigger warning: graphic violence.
Disclosure: I received an ARC and this is my honest and voluntary review.
This was an incredibly fun book to read. Stevie, your imagination rocks. Original type funny, well written, awesome cover. I am definitely on the hook for book two!
A saw with an attitude and a troll that doesn’t quit!
This is a super fun adventure!! It’s lighthearted and fun, and the funniest book I’ve read since Kings of the Wyld–as in, people are looking at me in the break room and asking why I’m laughing so much! The humor in this book is on the total other end of the spectrum of Eames’ KOW since this is a coming of age book. It was totally off the wall, but kept me laughing the whole way through.
Collier has such a unique voice and sense of humor. I’ve honestly never read a book like this!
At times, it was intense with heart-pounding action scenes–dinosaurs, saber cats, chase scenes, and a badass magical weapon–with characters that pulled you in. And then, you’re laughing out-loud at the incredible humor that is woven throughout!
There is such vivid imagery around the dinosaurs and the Bizarre Blades….!!! I absolutely LOVE the concept of the different blades–their powers and how they choose their champion! Absolutely brilliant!!
…and now I want one!
(Just not the growth one 😉 That one was too funny!)
Great adventure! Cannot wait for the next!