Nona the Ninth

I really don't know how to feel about this book. On one hand, I enjoyed the reading experience throughout and I fully plan on reading Alecto the ninth when it's released. On the other hand, this entire book functions like a filler episode in a tv series. Background information and side stories play out throughout the novel and that information is interesting and entertaining; however, we were dancing around continuing the main storyline the entire time. Almost nothing that happened in book 2 was expanded upon, explained, or resolved in this novel. All the buildup to what I thought was going to be an epic reveal and climax to the novel fizzled out in the last chapter and the epilogue was clearly just getting us excited for what's coming in the next book. Much like a post credit sequence at the end of a marvel movie would.

So if you're really into the book lore and what to know exactly how John became a god then pick this up. But if you want to dive right back in Harrowhark and Gideon's story after the events of book 2 then this book will very much be lacking for you. As a side note, I greatly enjoyed seeing more of Camilla and Palamedes' relationship so maybe it gets an extra half star for that.