After a lot of rereads last month, I brought home a big bag of books from the library and have been off on a lot of new reads more recently.
I continued my T. Kingfisher reading with Paladin’s Strength, sequel to Paladin’s Grace, focused on a supporting character from the previous book. It was very good with some nice turns to the story, if not quite as good as the first in the series – but Paladin’s Grace is a serious contender for best of the year right now, so it’s hardly fair to set the bar that high! I very much enjoyed the second one too, and plan to finish the trilogy.
I got up to date on the Morrigan Crow series with Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend. I believe the next book is due out later in the year. I liked Book 3 better than Book 2 in this case, as Morrigan got to do much more with her magic and that was very fun. I was not prepared for a plague story, though. I guess the title should have tipped me off, but I genuinely didn’t make the ‘pox connection! Still good, but I’m glad I didn’t read this a year ago – and I think some of the “terrible” government restrictions trying to curb the pox (like…a curfew) may read differently now than they would have pre-Covid…
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