Very creative and memorable characters. Really enjoyed it. Hoping for more!

I just hope it’s continued . . .

I have to admit I love all of her books but this story let me see the beauty in her stories. She takes complex and alien characters and gives them rich,human and less than perfect traits and builds characters that we all can identify with. To be able to embrace difference and to love and identify it, this is the jewel of a message. This jewel wrapped in hope and optimism for a better future is a story worth reading and sets meaning to our own lives.

Martha Wells has given us another amazing story. As always, she excels in world building, and that is on full display here with the various cultures, lands, individuals, and even time periods. The voiced pov is likable and relatable and carries though it all, taking us along for the sweeping journey. If you’re looking for comparisons to her other books and worlds, although it is definitely on its own, I would say it has more of a Raksura tone and voice than her other writings. It has a different tale, though, and one I was happy to explore.

I read this one slowly and savored it. Both stories, the one from the past and the other in the present are good but since I am not fond of jumping back and forth, I chose to read the one in the present first, then the past. They both could have stood alone. Really interesting world, the names are a bit confusing, but I hope she will write more stories set in this world.

Loved her other books. This is just to slow.