Just as fantastic as the previous two installments. I’m yet again astonished by the use of language, character, seamless world-building. Nona was a treasure to follow and worth every word.

I don’t know what to say.

“Nona the Ninth” is the newly released third book in Tamsyn Muir’s The Locked Tomb Series. Like the previous two books, it’s amazing and very different. It takes place in a science fantasy setting where technology and necromancy coexist. There’s more background given in this book on how this universe came to be, which is chapters that are interspersed with the actual narrative of Nona’s story. Nona is a simple girl, barely an adult physically, and only months old mentally. She is open and caring, and has a job as a teacher’s aide at the local school. She lives on a planet that is mostly composed of refugees who are just trying to survive. She has a group of friends that she wants to be a part of. Her caretakers are interesting people, two of whom inhabit one body. Of course, none of this is as simple as it seems. Fans of The Locked Tomb Series will get a lot out of this book! It will also not be straightforward or easily grasped, but would we expect anything different? Nona’s simple, childlike, and likable point of view makes this a different sort of story. Nevertheless, the narrative of The Locked Tomb will be advanced, and some its history revealed. It’s a wild ride getting there, and it had me enthralled the whole way. The story will continue (and be concluded?) in the future forth novel “Alecto the Ninth.”

Enjoyed