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Do you want a richly realised (if a little confusing on first play) science-fantasy setting? Do you want a text lightly seasoned with literary references and memes? Do you want to squirm about visceral descriptions? Do you need witty banter and magical sword fights? Do you want lesbians who hate each other? Tamsyn Muir knows you do.

photopotamus's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

greenbeggsandham's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HOLY SHIT

sleepy_llama's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

btlitell's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

There was a lot of really good humor throughout this, and I really appreciate that because it made the story that much better. I really want a shirt that says "we do bones, motherfucker!" for what I can only hope are obvious reasons. The one-liner zings like that were great.

That said, if not for the humor, I would probably give this a 3-star. I enjoyed the story as it was happening, but I can't tell you what really happened besides that there are necromancers in kind of space and there's people who are cavaliers.

I wasn't a huge fan of one person having 3 or 4 names they were called. First name, full name, last name, nickname, etc., was too much to keep track of in the audio format. The narrator was great, and I want to find more books she's read because of this one.

kelisabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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