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The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
5.0

I was thinking about giving this book 4 stars but really I said, "Man this book is awesome" way too many times to not give it 5 stars. It's really about action and ideas and a fully realized world. The action is almost constant and it's fun. The characters are badasses (not right away but at some point). People also die so it doesn't feel like a Disney fantasy where everything works out perfect. It's brutal and gritty and political.

All I have to say is voodoo practicing steam men and insane insect gods feeding off the still warm hearts of 1000's of humans, airships dropping dirtgas on protesting socialists and a king with no arms. I think you get.

I actually read the 2nd book in this series first [b:The Kingdom Beyond the Waves|2971026|The Kingdom Beyond the Waves (Jackelian, #2)|Stephen Hunt|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352218134s/2971026.jpg|3315367] but it didn't make much of a difference. It's not the same characters just the same world. I actually like this one more.