A review by halberdbooks
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

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

4.0

If the first book in this series was spent painstakingly setting up the dominoes, describing each domino in excruciating detail, and telling you the entire history of board games, then the second book was dedicated to smashing those things down as fast as possible. This book is full of absolutely wild twists and bananas new directions for both the story and its universe. It also features the best horse chase I've read in a sci fi story. I am excited to read more, but first, I had better read The Iliad.
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