A review by sarahrigg
Last First Snow by Max Gladstone

4.0

This is more of a 3.5-star book for me, but I'm rounding up because even a weaker book by Max Gladstone is really good. My main issue with this book is pacing. I think the beginning negotiations go too slowly and then Gladstone tries to wrap up the ending too quickly. But, overall, still a great read, and the priest Temoc's decisions that seem so unfathomable in "Two Serpents Rise" become more understandable in the context of this novel. I don't think I've ever read another fantasy novel that took on the tough issue of how to deal with a slum without creating gentrification. Well done, Max!