pickThis was so wildly different from the previous books in the series, yet I loved it just as much!
Rather than the frenetic action of the prior books, this starts out slow and oddly gentle, easing into the story before the puzzle pieces start to fall into place and Muir starts hitting the reader with her signature gut-punch info bombs.
I found myself blown away by this one, and I cannot wait to see how this series goes from here!
Found this on the tbr and was intrigued all over again. It‘s a chonker so I hope it‘s as good as it sounds!
pickEven though there have been a lot of characters with more than one personality/soul and a lot of new names for known characters, part three was soemhow easier to follow than part 2. I am glad I started Nona even though I didn‘t like Harrow. What I especially liked was the narration of John in form of psalms because it was the perfect transition to our modern world. It is definitely a possible dystopian future for all of us.
so-soThis book is centred on a near-future city environment where powers of protection are inscribed in various tattoos that citizens choose to have drawn on them. But these powers can sometimes be used for raising the dead and this battle forms the basis of the plot. Personally I am not a big fan of the supernatural in novels but I did enjoy the fact it was set in a place and time that felt familiar. And I enjoyed the writing style of the author.
Ch 13:
They waded across, Mogget clinging to Sam‘s shoulder and the Dog swimming in the middle. Unlike most dogs, Lirael noticed, her friend actually stuck her whole head underwater, ears and all. And whatever power fast-moving water had over the Dead and some Free Magic creatures clearly didn‘t apply to the Disreputable Dog.
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pickI was looking forward to meet all of the character in the Locked Tomb series again, but I guess I was waiting for Nona again. She captured my heart the first time I read the book, and now she did it again. She made me laugh, she made me want to hug her, she made me very emotional. That's just Nona. And of course I understood more about what's going on than the first time around. Tamsyn Muir, I'm ready for Alecto now.
pickAnother great read!
However I do wish they wouldn‘t end on such complicated cliff hangers. It wasn‘t so bad when I had the next book to keep going with, but now it‘s a waiting game for book 4 😂
pick101/150 This was easily my favorite book of the series, so far. This iteration of Harrowhawk was by far the most pleasant and endearing, so sweet and kind. Her fate at the end was heartbreaking 💔. I hope Muir comes out with Alecto The Ninth as soon as possible. 5 🌟 read.
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1. Too soon, if I buy it now, I'll eat it all before Halloween gets here.
2. Bat. Sh#! Crazy
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1. Anne or Rosalind, the middle names of my grandmothers.
2. Love all of the names of the characters in this whole book series. Sabriel, Lirael, I just love that -el sound at the end of the names.
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