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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
3.5
adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated

Sassy swordfighter reluctantly teams up with her life long enemy necromancer for a mysterious trial.

Gideon is quite a funny character who lended such a great lens to the audience. Many of the other characters were less humorous but with very unique personalities that lead to interesting dynamics.

In typical sci-fi fashion, I had a hard time remembering whose name referred to whom but the magic system and world building wasn’t too complicated.

Mystery and twists and turns are always a joy in sci-fi. This book also had good pacing up until the end which just had so many things going on! If you’ve read this and want to message me about the ending, please do.

I recommend this book to readers of The Abyss Surrounds Us, and those who enjoyed this book to read The Abyss Surrounds Us.