Really happy I read this one, and am looking forward to the rest of the series. What I really like about reading Rebecca Roanhorse is how her important scenes, whether they are action sequences or dialogs, draw you in and make you hold your breath. The opening of this book is one such scene. An interesting note for me is that it relies less on actual fights than some other books of hers. There's some violence and even gory stuff, but in this book the combat is more long-term chess moves, especially the process of creating Serapio. Teek, where Xiala is from, is going to be particularly interesting to develop in later books. Right now it comes off as pretty much Lesbos, but I'm sure there's more to it.
Roanhorse kind of telegraphs the cliffhanger through the book, but it still works really well. The plot itself, at least at this stage, is pretty much hero's journey/vengeance/love affair, but those are a pretty strong triangle and Serapio and Xiala populate it very well. The other main character in the book, the Sun Priest Naranpa, has not grown on me yet--she seems pretty naive early on--but is coming along well.Fun stuff! Pick it up if you like fantasy at all.
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