Nico

Love love love love love this book. I CANNOT wait to see what Blackgoose writes next.

If I wasn't crying my eyes were filled with tears. I highly recommend the Tiffany Aching subseries of Discworld for adults and teens alike, even if you haven't read the other books, although I do suggest the witches subseries.

3.5 stars, rounding to 4? This was a fine, single-POV character-focused story about Maia, fourth in line and who no one thought would become emperor. I liked Maia and some of the politicking, but some things were amiss for me that I can't put my finger on. I would say this is a lighter book and I can see this being a comfort read for some because Maia is so likable and you see people liking him for who he is, except Maia does receive bigotry because he is mixed goblin-elf and there are references to being raised with mental and physical abuse by his alcoholic cousin.

There's a lot of battle scenes, which isn't really that interesting to me. But the game is afoot and I can't wait to see how the Long Price Quartet series concludes.

DNF