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Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)

Rebecca Roanhorse

Start date: July 15, 2018

Finish date: September 14, 2018

Why we're reading this: Group read July-Sept 2018
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Jul 01, 2018 Christine rated it really liked it

Shelves: diverse-hero-or-heroine, fantasy-urban, diverse-and-women-authors, literature-indigenous, fantasy-myth-and-fairy, lgbtqia, native-american-first-peoples, cover-love, diversity-on-cover, myth-and-lore-first-peoples

One cannot emphasize how important this book is in terms of representation in dystopian/urban fantasy literature. It is one the few UF novels set in America I’ve read where all the characters are poc. L. A. Banks’ work is the only other work that springs readily to mind. It is the only one I’ve read where the characters are all Native American/Indigenous/First Peoples.

I am quite well aware that my perspective is limited, that there are books I am either forgetting or don’t know about. Please f ...more

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Oct 17, 2020 Mir rated it really liked it

Shelves: the-americas, mythology, fantasy

This was really good, although I missed something somewhere and at the end didn't quite get what the motivation behind the plot was. Or maybe I wasn't supposed to and it will be made clear in the sequel? ...more

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Aug 09, 2018 Katy rated it really liked it

A fresh new voice for me in Urban Fantasy. I enjoyed the Dine mythology and am invested in the characters that I will pick up the second book in the series when it comes out. A good editor would have made this one a great read.

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Jan 06, 2019 Christina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019, dcvsmarvel-2019-dj

4.5 Stars

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Apr 12, 2019 Julia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, mystery, dystopian, western, feminist, 2019-a-to-z-challenge, 2019-br-read-harder-challenge

I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading some of my favorite authors and subgenres. In part, that’s not just me, but the authors and publishing, who stopped writing those series and publishing those series.

This novel is urban fantasy, yet it doesn’t take place in a city, but the sprawling Navajo reservation, which since the Big Water—where 1/3 of the world’s people died, making this post- apocalyptic and clific as well—is behind tall walls. Maggie, the main character is a trained Monster slayer, ...more

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Dec 11, 2020 Chelsea rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fam-gift, dystopia, indigenous-authors

The first two chapters left me a little disappointed. Something about it set off my "debut author" alarm. The plot, characters, and stakes felt at once too familiar and unclear at the same time. Monsters, angry cops, and tetchy protag who can't keep her eye rolls to herself. Seen it. Random road trip with random newcomer? What exactly is the goal here? To go to a library? But I'm glad I stuck it out, because once it gets going, I was hooked.

Maggie is a heroine (who doesn't think she is) with tr ...more

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