Particularly liked Wind Will Rove, And We Were left Darkling, Remembery Day, Our Lady of the Open Road, and And Then There Were (N-One).
This is a marvelous entry to the Queen's Thief series.
I was cautious going in, nothing we had seen of Kamet in the previous books made me want to hear his story. But I was wrong, I might come to love him as much as Gen, I really might (especially if he's given another book, oh how I would love it if he showed up ever again).
I adore Gen, but my mind just can't follow his twisty plotting more than about ten minutes ahead. Kamet, my darling Kamet, has an organized mind and a precise point of view. Kamet always has a plan, a story, a contingency that draws from his rich stores of knowledge; this extra clarity makes for a very satisfying read that beautifully and coherently expands the world. Kamet's POV does make the book more predictable than the first three (also, the trickster is far away), but the twists are still there. It's a solid road trip/political machinations plot, more in line with the Thief than the intervening books have been. As always, about two thirds of the way through you aren't sure how Turner is going to put down all the spinning plates without breaking them, but she succeeds sensibly.
Four and a half stars, not at all disappointing, off to start the reread.
I was cautious going in, nothing we had seen of Kamet in the previous books made me want to hear his story. But I was wrong, I might come to love him as much as Gen, I really might (especially if he's given another book, oh how I would love it if he showed up ever again).
I adore Gen, but my mind just can't follow his twisty plotting more than about ten minutes ahead. Kamet, my darling Kamet, has an organized mind and a precise point of view. Kamet always has a plan, a story, a contingency that draws from his rich stores of knowledge; this extra clarity makes for a very satisfying read that beautifully and coherently expands the world. Kamet's POV does make the book more predictable than the first three (also, the trickster is far away), but the twists are still there. It's a solid road trip/political machinations plot, more in line with the Thief than the intervening books have been. As always, about two thirds of the way through you aren't sure how Turner is going to put down all the spinning plates without breaking them, but she succeeds sensibly.
Four and a half stars, not at all disappointing, off to start the reread.

