Harrow the Ninth

Executive Summary: Much like [b:Gideon the Ninth 42036538 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Tamsyn Muir https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538.SY75.jpg 60943229] this book started very slow for me and got better as it went along, however I found it a lot slower and less enjoyable overall. I'm not sure if I'll continue on to the third book or not. 2.5 rounded up for a decent ending and great narration.Audiobook: I initially borrowed [b:Gideon the Ninth 42036538 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Tamsyn Muir https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538.SY75.jpg 60943229] from the library and ended up enjoying it enough to pick up the audio mid-read from a daily deal. Moira Quick was so good it was a no brainer that I'd do the audio for this one. She once again delivers a great listen, and was one of the bright spots of the early going when things were so slow. If I do continue on in the series it will definitely be in audio.Full ReviewIt's hard to review this book without first talking a bit about the last one (something I apparently didn't do at the time I read it earlier this year and have since remedied).When I first heard about [b:Gideon the Ninth 42036538 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Tamsyn Muir https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538.SY75.jpg 60943229] the tagline I heard over and over was “Lesbian Neuromancers in space”. And while that was true, I felt it did the book a disservice by making it sound like a romanctic fantasy book.For me what I loved about that book was the sort of escape room/haunted house mystery and the snark of Gideon herself.This book tried to recapture the sort of mystery aspect of the first book, but I didn't feel like the execution was nearly as good. Instead it seemed to just sort of run in place for a really long time.I had some suspicions about what was going on fairly early and kept waiting for them to be confirmed or proven wrong. And waiting. And waiting.Eventually we got to the reveal and the last few chapters of this book were thouroughly enjoyable in the same vein as second half or so the first book. However it took far too long to get there for me.I'm not sure if I simply just don't find Harrow as entertaining as I did Gideon or if this book was badly in need of some editing. Probably a bit of both.At this point I'm not sure if I'll continue on to the final book. I probably will since I think there is just 1 book left, but I hope the pacing for that book is better. I may wait for some others to read and review it so I can pick their brain a bit on it.