Untethered Sky

I think I was a bit disappointed in this one because I wanted something on the level of the Green Bones Saga, and this is definitely not that. I also don't love the humans vs. giant predator that doesn't follow basic evolutionary predator behavior trope. The rocs in this book are awesome, but I don't love the manticore conception at all.

That said, once I managed to stop thinking about how the manticore makes no sense in the ecosystem of this world, I did enjoy the quiet, human drama that Fonda Lee really excels at, and the ending was perfectly melancholy and well done. So mixed feelings, but I still think Lee is one of the best of this generation of fantasy writers.