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A review by paradoxically
Deadly Games by Lindsay Buroker
3.0
Amaranthe and her varied group are at it again. This time her POV alternates with Basilard, who has learned some unsavory truths about Sicarius (though it's Sicarius, the man has an entire mountain of unsavory truths heaped on his head) and needs to decide what to do about it. Not to mention Amaranthe getting her team into another crazy situation and somehow convincing Basilard to join the Imperial Games while athletes are being kidnapped.
The books never fail to make me smile, even if they're being absolutely ridiculous. Because they are, in more than one instance. For instance, It doesn't make sense at all, but quite a few things don't and you still end up rolling along right with the characters.
You get more progress on the Sicarius/Amaranthe front, though it's not quite where one may like it to be. But hey, any progress is better than none, right? And the ending, while it ties up the main plotline in the book, presents another new challenge for Amaranthe and company that makes it a bit of a cliffhanger. In any case! 3 stars.
The books never fail to make me smile, even if they're being absolutely ridiculous. Because they are, in more than one instance. For instance,
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there is a kraken. A kraken for goodness sakes.You get more progress on the Sicarius/Amaranthe front, though it's not quite where one may like it to be. But hey, any progress is better than none, right? And the ending, while it ties up the main plotline in the book, presents another new challenge for Amaranthe and company that makes it a bit of a cliffhanger. In any case! 3 stars.