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Harbinger Of The Storm (2011)

by Aliette de Bodard(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0857660764 (ISBN13: 9780857660763)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Angry Robot

series

Obsidian and Blood

review 1: This is second in a series, and if you liked the first one you will probably enjoy this as well. I've rated it a little lower than the first one, primarily because I found a couple of the plot points not as tightly woven. It may also be a little bit of spite on my part for a particular trope my favorite minor character had to go through. Those petty things aside, this is still a solidly good book. The pacing, worldbuilding, mythology, and characterization are top notch.
review 2: This was, as expected, excellent. Murders abound in the ancient Aztec empire, where investigations get complicated when even the living gods and goddesses come up as suspects. (its actually even more complicated than that sum up) I only have one complaint for this second volume to t... morehe series: it spends the majority of the time in the palace, and there are next to none of the descriptions of the ancient world I can always count on Madame Bodard to evoke, and i really miss them. She can write ancient Mexico into life in your mind's eye, but there was so much political scheming to wade through in this tale, we missed out on all those extra goodnesses outside the temples and royal compounds. The book is still great, & looking forward to book 3. less

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