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This is an entertaining, snarky fantasy action mystery jumble-of-genres. We are thrown into the midfle of the action and have to figure out a bunch of things: this entire world of space-faring necromancers who nevertheless end up in a locked-room mystery where they are getting picked off one by one, in the style of And Then There Were None. Or, we could call this “Nine Little Necromancers”. The setting and magical elements are creative, the action is interesting, the plot hurdles along, and we e
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No sé qué se fumó la autora, pero está loquísima la historia, bien cool. Y la dinámica entre Gideon y Harrow *chef kiss*. Me cayeron muy bien varios de los personajes, y los que me cayeron mal, fue porque están bien hechos.
Aunque sí medio me traumó a ratitos, jaja, la verdad lo disfruté mucho.
Aunque sí medio me traumó a ratitos, jaja, la verdad lo disfruté mucho.
Mix Hunger Games with Clue and a smidge of Frankenstein, add in a religion of necromancy and set it in outer space. Its an odd but fun mix with Gideon and her snark at the forefront. Gideon is an orphan who literally dropped into the Ninth House, the guardians of the locked tomb, as a baby. She is raised in servitude to the Ninth House and desperate to escape. She's tried about 87 times. Her last attempt led to the the daughter of the Ninth House, Harrowhark losing her cavalier in the space shut
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I came into this book because it was mentioned on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour in their segment "What's Making Me Happy." I do not recall who on the podcast recommended it but I jotted it down onto my TBR list.
It ticked many of my "things I like" boxes... cultist necromanic sword and sorcery in space.
The Emperor Undying has called for the Nine Great Houses (each dedicated to a different aspect of necromancy) to send a necromancer and their cavalier (rapier fighter/bodyguard) to come and endure ...more
It ticked many of my "things I like" boxes... cultist necromanic sword and sorcery in space.
The Emperor Undying has called for the Nine Great Houses (each dedicated to a different aspect of necromancy) to send a necromancer and their cavalier (rapier fighter/bodyguard) to come and endure ...more
Rounded up from 2 1/2 stars. The voice and characters weren't for me, but I appreciated the And Then There Were None-esque styling. I never really got invested in the plot and speed-read through it, which is a good sign that I'm not really invested in something. It did have its moments though, and extra points for originality and representation.
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Well written, waaaaaaaay too long, needlessly convoluted, not for me.
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