Saint Death's Daughter, an excellent book
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nancylebovI recommend _Saint Death's Daughter_ by C. S. E. Clooney. It's an invented world fantasy with the emotions turned up to 12. The prose is giddy and enthusiastic, but there's logical structure underneath.
The plot is very surprising-- a lot of expectations are subverted in reasonable ways.
It won the World Fantasy Award. The majority at the local book club liked it. There's a reasonable chance you'll like it.
It's the first of (if I can trust Reddit) a trilogy. The sequel is almost out.
There's Lanie, a young woman who's born into a family of assassins. She's literally allergic to violence. (She started in a NanoWriMo project to write a fantasy character who can't be violent.) The situation is sad, but there's also a Charles Adams vibe.
She's kept isolated to keep her alive. Her older sister is a sociopath. The only source of kindness is a revenant servant who almost never speaks, but whose silences are very communicative. Lanie is a necromancer. She will be able to communicate with the dead if she survives.
There are twelve gods, and different religions. There's a meditation system. There's a puppy, but less about the puppy than I expected. There's a very challenging six year old. This sounds too cute, but it isn't.
There are politics, mostly between two nations. Magic is politically important.
The plot is very surprising-- a lot of expectations are subverted in reasonable ways.
It won the World Fantasy Award. The majority at the local book club liked it. There's a reasonable chance you'll like it.
It's the first of (if I can trust Reddit) a trilogy. The sequel is almost out.
There's Lanie, a young woman who's born into a family of assassins. She's literally allergic to violence. (She started in a NanoWriMo project to write a fantasy character who can't be violent.) The situation is sad, but there's also a Charles Adams vibe.
She's kept isolated to keep her alive. Her older sister is a sociopath. The only source of kindness is a revenant servant who almost never speaks, but whose silences are very communicative. Lanie is a necromancer. She will be able to communicate with the dead if she survives.
There are twelve gods, and different religions. There's a meditation system. There's a puppy, but less about the puppy than I expected. There's a very challenging six year old. This sounds too cute, but it isn't.
There are politics, mostly between two nations. Magic is politically important.
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Date: 2025-01-27 06:53 pm (UTC)