The Oathbound | 
The story of Tarma & Kethry, 2 young women who‘ve been ill used but found their revenge (an earlier short story). Now they‘re moving onto the next stage of their lives.
Halfway through. Holding my interest for the most part. In later books Lackey tends to both show and tell; here she leaves a lot of gaps, like mentioning legends that characters would know but we don‘t, and readers are expected to fill in the gaps.
humouress Reads like linked short stories about their ongoing adventures (albeit with an end purpose) rather than one continuous story. In Ch 8 they‘re introduced as though we haven‘t met them before. Happily, Lackey hasn‘t been overusing italics as she does in later writing 🤗 She does have a slight tendency to add irrelevant details... um, much as I do. (edited) 2y
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