It was truly remarkable that an entire book could be written in a tell, not show way and still get published. It was very much like “this happened, then that happened, and oh yeah that too”, which kept me disengaged from the entire book. Y, aunque tiene una historia enganchante con una trama intrigante, personajes bien construidos y una atmósfera muy envolvente... no ha llegado a las expectativas que tenía por el otro libro :(. stars, rated up for an overall enjoyable read. Edit on reread - I'm glad I rated this up, I enjoyed it much more the second time around. I think where I ran into trouble is that for the most part, it's a series of events. It doesn't necessarily feel like the characters have much agency or effect on anything that's happening - they just defend against a series of issues. But on reread, at a slower pace, it's definitely an enjoyable book - just likely not everyone's storytelling cup of tea.

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stars. A very different type of fantasy (more of a British urban fantasy) from Garth Nix than the last one of his that I read, Angel Mage. Review first posted on FantasyLiterature.com: Everyone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago—except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. Me han gustado mucho los personajes y el mensaje en sí que es Merlín para todo lector: gracias por normalizar que la ropa no tiene género. Aunque Susan era una buena protagonista, mi favorito fue la hermana de Merlín, empaticé mucho con ella.I thought I had reached the big climactic battle, but it turned out there was another hour and another big battle to come. El romance no lo terminé de ver :(. Precipitado, no soy de las de amor a los pocos días de conocerse :(.