Trail of Lightning

This is an urban fantasy author I'll find more of–I'm very curious to see how this world and these characters develop. Dineh cosmology is a really well-chosen foundation for world-building in this rather dark, near-future kind of post-apocalyptic no-longer-USA. I loved that all the main characters were native–in other urban fantasy I've come across with native characters, they're still isolated within white society, stuck still (STILL!!!!) in the side-kick roll. (Yes, Mercy Thompson is nobody's sidekick, but she's pretty isolated from native culture!) I really appreciated Trail of Lightning's all-native world. Lots of good vibe to this book in the realms of world-building and characterisation and the the well-developed cultural backstory, though the violence is real enough to give me pause. The creepy witchcraft was also near my limit. I liked that there were hints of redemption while leaving all the MCs unable to sort themselves into any kind of morally unambiguous categories, either good or bad. We'll see if the next in series pushes the moral ambiguity to my limits too, or if I can continue to enjoy the things that are powerful and interesting about this series.