I have never been more satisfied by the ending of a series—let alone one I loved as much as The Drowning Empire—until The Bone Shard War. The Bone Shard War brings the trilogy to a resoundingly flawless finish, where all of the characters’ arcs culminate in immensely satisfying and touching conclusions. Though The Bone Shard War takes place two years after the events of the prior entry in […]
A Master of Djinn is the first work of fiction I have read by author P. Djèlí Clark and the third entry in his Fatma el-Sha’arawi series. I had no idea that I was reading the series out of order, but it didn’t put me at too much of a disadvantage. However, I definitely wished that I had read the previous entries for further clarification. What initially drew my attention […]
When I finished reading Gideon the Ninth and imagined what it’s sequel, Harrow the Ninth would be like, I thought Harrow would be shaking up the galaxy as a new Lyctor. Instead, she seemed to have lost her sanity, rendering her unable to remember the true events of the first novel or to even use use most of her newfound powers. To top it off, most of Harrow the Ninth […]