Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.Īnd each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face… Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger’s body, and she’s afraid she might have to give it back. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. Now it’s here, I read it in 48 hours (bless you Moira Quirk and your epic narration) and I have thoughts. And my excitement was real on her announcement that this was no longer a trilogy, but a series. I’ve made absolutely no secret of my love for Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series. Mild spoilers from here for Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth. **CWs for death, mentions of torture, violence, self mutilation, blood letting, suicide, discussions of war and nuclear weaponry, disordered eating (mild forced eating included), Amnesia/Memory Loss/”Losing Time” and shootings** I cannot imagine reaching the end of this life and having any regrets, so long as I had been allowed to experience being your adept.’

‘We had something very nearly perfect… the perfect friendship, the perfect love.

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