A Trade of Blood vs The Bands of Mourning: Which Should You Read?
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A Trade of Blood
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the…
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The Bands of Mourning
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Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the…
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Trade of Blood highest: A Trade of Blood 4.6 · The Bands of Mourning 4.4.
- The Bands of Mourning has the widest readership — 206409 ratings behind its score.
- A Trade of Blood runs the darker storyline; The Bands of Mourning stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A Trade of Blood | The Bands of Mourning | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.6 (9007) | 4.4 (206409) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (133) | 4.4 (1607) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (200) | 4.5 (1340) |
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Reception
| A Trade of Blood | The Bands of Mourning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9007 | 206409 |
| Editions | 1 | 19 |
| Want to read | 34507 | 121946 |
| Reading it now | 3509 | 5975 |
| Written reviews | 2106 | 12851 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2163 | 2483 |
| Pages | — | 447 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Trade of Blood or The Bands of Mourning?
A Trade of Blood has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Trade of Blood 4.6/5, The Bands of Mourning 4.4/5).