A review by ecarper
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

4.75

If the first book was a murder mystery that spoke about colonialism, then the second one builds on it to include the secondary impacts, based on the opium wars. I liked the mystery surrounding the essence and the intrigue within dragon kingdom and Hawthorn more in this book and it was nice to see old characters develop further. I loved the introduction of new characters, including Françoise and Thuan. I’m excited to see how Thuan grows in the next and final book now that he’s begun to change the harmful House system