Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon said, “Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get ‘Sex Pal’?”

Sometimes, I read books that make me love them for no other reason than that they make me laugh constantly. It’s a rare thing, because I normally go for more serious things that are trying to say something. Which, as I can now hear Gideon saying, makes me “a bit of a douche”.

I started on Gideon the Ninth with really no expectations, beyond knowi...