Princeps' Fury

Executive Summary: Princep's fury was more enjoyable than I remember. Like it's predecessors, it's a blend of war, politics, romance, humor and magic that makes for a fun read.Audio book: Kate Reading once again does gives an enjoyable reading. I'm pretty much repeating what I've said for the last 4 books. She's becoming one of my favorite readers now.Full ReviewMy recollection was this book was a step down after [b:Captain's Fury 346087 Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4) Jim Butcher https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1315083292s/346087.jpg 6614434]. However I find myself changing my mind on this reread. Unlike that book all of the subplots in this book greatly interested me. There was no slowdown in the middle and this might be the only book where anyone's story was more interesting to me than Tavi's. I think this series shines best when dealing with internal politics of the Alerans followed closely by the interactions with the Canim. This series has large amounts of both. We learn a lot more about the Alerans, and see that people can be just as petty towards their fellow man under even the most dire of circumstances.My least favorite parts have to do with the Vord, but in this book they are still mostly relegated to the setting. In other words they are a looming threat hanging over everything and impacting the interactions between the characters, while not really being on screen all that much.Tavi still has to rely on his ingenuity more than his personal strength to overcome most obstacles which I think is what makes him such a likable character to me. The interplay between him and Max and Kitai are always my favorite scenes.Overall a pretty fun book, although compared to [b:Captain's Fury 346087 Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4) Jim Butcher https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1315083292s/346087.jpg 6614434], this ends on a pretty bad cliffhanger such that I jumped right into [b:First Lord's Fury 6316821 First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6) Jim Butcher https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327903582s/6316821.jpg 6502096] immediately.