The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter

Once again, super fun to listen to this! Loved the plot!
Another severed heads mystery incoming!!!!!!! (Paladin's Grace flashbacks

Going to miss Royce and Hadrian...hopefully Sullivan has more for us in the future.

Aw, how sweet, Royce and Hadrian are each other's unicorn. shrugs Don't ask me, these boys are just weird like that. (And, okay, that whole thing about the unicorns was hilarious.) I kind of rounded up the rating from three and a half stars because...

Because the book is just as good as the previous ones, but I just am starting to think it's not for me. I don't read much ‘traditional' fantasy anymore. (i.e. straight white men doing straight white men things.) This is like that friend you used to have in grade school that you fall out of touch with until college: you still want to like them when you meet up again, but you have so little in common and your lives went in such different ways, it's almost impossible.

Executive Summary: This book ended pretty strong after a bit of a slow start. Another fun Riyria story.Audiobook: Tim Gerard Reynolds once again his usual excellent job. He is the voice of Royce and Hadrian to me. I was really happy that I could get the audiobook as part of the kickstarter, because for me it's the ONLY way to enjoy Riyria books.I should note there appeared to be a few edits, that made for some noticeable changes in the quality of the audiobook. It's hard to describe exactly. The best I can say is the volume/cadence of Mr. Reynold abruptly changes for a short period of time then changes back.Full ReviewWe are now 10 books into the Riyria series (4th prequel). It's been a few years now since I read most of the books and details are starting to escape me. Luckily like most books this is largely stand alone. Mr. Sullivan tries to make all of his Riyria books readable without doing them all. Of course I still recommend against it. In fact if nothing else this book further makes me want to do a reread so I can refresh myself on some of the important details that show up as easter eggs/rewards to longtime Riyria readers.I really enjoyed the character of Ginny (aka the Winter's Daughter). I also really enjoyed the old window that they rented a room from. In general though, I thought that all of the supporting characters were pretty good.I thought the banter of Royce and Handrian were as good as usual, and I liked their interplay with some of the others as well. It's one of the things that makes these books so much fun. Despite a slower start, this book had a really good place at the end, including a pretty cool battle scene that was unlike anything in the previous books.Overall, this is a decent addition to the Riyria cannon, though far from my favorite. If you're a fan of the series, you should pick this up. If haven't read them before, I highly recommend giving [b:Theft of Swords 10790290 Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2) Michael J. Sullivan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1307959785s/10790290.jpg 15702572] a shot.