3.85 AVERAGE

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

A great addition to the sworn soldier series. Focuses more on character relations and culture than spookiness than What Moves the Dead, which wasn't bad- just different.
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tense and atmospheric. I appreciated the vivid treatment of PTSD and the role in played in the story.

wasn’t bad but i feel like it didn’t match the energy of the first one
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Far be it for me to criticize T. Kingfisher, who I wholeheartedly adore, but ...
Alex Easton is not my favorite. I didn't exactly love the first in this series, and this is not better. This is basically a casual sleep demon haunting. It was fine. There's body horror, creepy atmosphere, and Miss Potter being Miss Potter. There was an infuriating conversation between the widow and Easton though that could have been funny if it wasn't so frustrating with poor communication between the characters. So yeah.
I've proven I'll read anything Kingfisher writes though, so I'll be enthusiastically reading the next in this series anyway.

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I'm being overly critical but I know that she could do better
dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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DID NOT FINISH: 59%

I LOVED What Moves the Dead (the prequel) but this one just felt...flat? Idk. I struggled to get thru it and then just decided to DNF.