A Broken Blade: The Halfling Saga by Melissa Blair
There is a world of Elf's, Halflings and Humans. The non-humans have special strengths, but the human king uses them for his purposes. The novel centers around a woman who is one of the top fighters for the king. She carves the names of everyone that she kills in her skin as a memory of her actions. She is sent to go fight with rebels and ends up joining them and even falling in love (or is it lust?)
The story can be interesting, if a little slow moving. The world is somewhat confused. How can the humans subject the others if they are more powerful? And what about reproduction? There are hints of non-standard was, but they seem to have pretty standard sex drives. Somehow they can fall in love with each other, get drunk, and yet still have great talents. If that is so, why are they subjected to others?
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