Talonsister

Jen Williams writes some of the best fantasy going at the moment, and a new series from her is something to be celebrated. This is up to her usual standards, with some intriguing world building, likeable characters, snappy dialogue and disparate plot strands that promise to weave together in interesting and unforeseen ways. I have one tiny complaint though. It's a bugbear of mine when authors fictionalise real places and only change the spelling very slightly, and this book is guilty of it - Kornwullis for Cornwall, Londus for London etc. I HATE IT. Just think of a new name! Nobody complains that Guy Gavriel Kay's books aren't set in Spane or Itallya! That misstep aside, this is a lot of fun, and I'll be looking out for the next one.