Book #151 of 2022: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #3) I am starting to feel about this no-longer-a-trilogy the way I do towards HBO’s Westworld program, where I continue to enjoy the premise and the general vibe — in this case, snarky queer interstellar necromancers — but am often too frustrated …
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Book #204 of 2020: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #2) This is a strange sequel to Gideon the Ninth, retaining the excellent focus on lesbian space necromancers but shifting perspectives from the snarky cavalier of the first book to her bitter former enemy. Harrowhawk has also gone mad and literally forgotten …
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Book #156 of 2020: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #1) This debut novel from author Tamysn Muir is a real trip, an atmospheric and hilarious adventure of galactic sword and sorcery that dances nimbly over the line between fantasy and sci-fi. It more than lives up to its pithy blurb of …
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