BEST SERIES HERE WE GO

But first, two more books from serieses:

City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett. Grittier and less fun than the first one, but kudos to Bennett for making a real attempt to grapple in a fantasy context with USian wars of occupation in the Middle East. I'll read the third one (although not before voting). Oh hey, also I found out he's apparently a double Shirley Jackson winner for two of his previous novels (this is mostly for Chaos's benefit now that we're interested in the Shirley Jacksons).

The Edge of Worlds, Martha Wells. First of a duology following the original Raksura trilogy. The first two thirds of this were very slow; by the end it had gotten somewhere interesting and I want to read the second one, but gah. A lot of buildup before we got into Wells' typical excellent settings and action. Also as much as I love Moon, I kind of wish she had decided to tell this story primarily from a fresh POV, and let us enjoy seeing someone else's POV on Moon.

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