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The Ruin of Kings
by Jenn Lyons
We (book reading partner and I) we were in the mood for a long, sweeping, epic fantasy series... with an ending. And the final one of these just came out! It's got a scrappy thief protagonist, and dragons, and demons... wait, demons? Yep, demons. Okay.
We liked the action, the humor, and the structure. It alternates between two timelines, but it's very clear which one you're in. There's a looking-over-your-shoulder narrator/compiler who provides footnotes that are either snide, informative, or both. There's a wide variety of skin colors and hair types. The sky is a funny turquoise color, and there may be multiple moons. So that's fun.
We did not so much like some of the vastness. All the places! All the history of all the places! All the lineage! Plus. It feels like maybe the book expects you to keep track of more of this than is reasonable. The one of the appendices (yes, plural) is a family tree, which I kind of wish I would have found sooner, except a) spoilers and b) it doesn't help with the emperors, who you have to look up in the glossary.
We liked the action, the humor, and the structure. It alternates between two timelines, but it's very clear which one you're in. There's a looking-over-your-shoulder narrator/compiler who provides footnotes that are either snide, informative, or both. There's a wide variety of skin colors and hair types. The sky is a funny turquoise color, and there may be multiple moons. So that's fun.
We did not so much like some of the vastness. All the places! All the history of all the places! All the lineage! Plus