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Rihasi by Rachel Neumeier
4.0
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It’s very weird to be at the end of this series, at least in terms of what currently exists. I also have a hard time explaining why I appreciate it so much - it feels to me like it combines the best of old school fantasy with significant modern sensibilities. So much of it reminds me of the fantasy stories I loved as a teenager - honor and quests and saving the world - but so much of these stories are also just suffused with the sense that fantasy is a key medium through which we talk about the world as is and discuss the world as ought. These books are, literally, sword and sorcery while also conversations about morality. 
This one was great, both the arc of the story overall and the roadtrip escape and also how Aras, despite being no where near main character action, manages to be absolutely hilarious. Now HE would be fun to introduce to Miles.