A review by booksdogsandcoffee
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book…. It gave everything you needed it too. 9 houses that serve the Emperor are competing to becoming lyctors. Each necromancer has a cavalier, except Harrowhark the Ninth. So she tricks sergeant of the ninth house Gideon Nav into being her cavalier for the trials in return for her freedom. 

Gideon, a badass sword wielding lesbian, wants nothing to do with Harrow. But will do anything for her freedom. Together they face the trials the Emperor has put in place for the nine houses. 

This was absolutely phenomenal. Muir writes a captivating story of witt, heroics and horror. The best way I can describe it is the necromancer hunger games with a murder mystery. ONE FLESH ONE END, BITCH!HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Cw/tw
Gore
Violence
Death
Genocide
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