

The end of the book was filled with the usual high stakes dramatics that I so loved in the earlier books and the cliffhanger at the very end was to be expected. A much more sedate pace allowed me to stroll through the streets of the city with Nona and her gang, all while hinting at just who and what Nona was. Filled with truly delightful characters - looking at you Pyrrah Dve - I couldn’t wait to see how the story of Nona would connect with the previous two books.

While a total departure from the first two books in the series Nona the Ninth holds her own just as well.

Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.Īnd each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face.I lay my beating heart at Tamsyn Muir’s feet. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. It has earned enormous critical praise and rabid reader engagement, with the USA Today Best Selling first novel Gideon the Ninth receiving an amazing five starred reviews. The three epic science fantasy novels mix funny tone with dark subject matter, and contain swashbuckling action, waves of bones, and lesbian necromancers in space. The Locked Tomb Trilogy, by Tamsyn Muir, follows the dread adventures of Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus, and a host of other goths.
