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The Lies of Locke Lamora / Red Seas Under Red Skies
by Scott Lynch
A fantastic read, Red Seas Under Red Skies was a little unfamiliar in places, due to how the last book left off, and the overall nautical bent of the book - far removed from the land based action in The Lies Of Locke Lamora. The non-linear narrative returned, and helped to add more flavour to the story, and all in all, it was an enjoyable tale.
The story started to pull more towards telling Jean's story than Locke's, a lot of the time, but that doesn't disappoint, as it helps add more to one of the main characters. In fact, I would say that Jean has been upgraded from main supporting character to second lead because of this book; a lot of the time, Locke himself took a back seat to Jean's goings-on. This culminates in...well. A satisfyingly bitter resolution before the final chapter, which sets the scene up for the third story in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence.
The story started to pull more towards telling Jean's story than Locke's, a lot of the time, but that doesn't disappoint, as it helps add more to one of the main characters. In fact, I would say that Jean has been upgraded from main supporting character to second lead because of this book; a lot of the time, Locke himself took a back seat to Jean's goings-on. This culminates in...well. A satisfyingly bitter resolution before the final chapter, which sets the scene up for the third story in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence.