pearlc's review
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kitvaria_sarene's review
5.0
I love Amra. This really has already become one of my favourite series!
New city, new adventure, new side character and more insane things happening!
As expected this one once again was really fast paced, fun, entertaining, grim and yet easy read! I breezed through it in just two days and am already halfway into the next one...
If you haven't tried this series yet, I strongly recommend you go and rectify that error soon! :)
New city, new adventure, new side character and more insane things happening!
As expected this one once again was really fast paced, fun, entertaining, grim and yet easy read! I breezed through it in just two days and am already halfway into the next one...
If you haven't tried this series yet, I strongly recommend you go and rectify that error soon! :)
liesljrowe's review
4.0
YES! An excellent return to form. Amra is at her best when she's dodging different plots against her and it was fun to see her take on new enemies in a new location. Also loving the long-term plot rolling out here, there's some great reveals and the ending will absolutely have you reaching for the next installment as soon as possible because you have to know what happens next!
bookmeanderings's review
5.0
“May all the dead gods take pity on anything that stands in my way, for I will not.” – Holgren
I have had a somewhat up and down experience with the Amra Thetys series so far. I greatly enjoyed book 1 and then I didn’t enjoy book 2 nearly as much, though it was still a good book. However, I can say for sure that The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow’s Gate was absolutely excellent and if that continues for books 4 and 5 it will propel this series into one of my favorite series of all time.
Here’s the thing. I love a good, epic fantasy with an incredibly intricate plot and detailed worldbuilding. However, I also love a good, light fantasy that focuses more on a thrilling story, characters that are just plain good people and that you care about deeply, and a smaller world that is easily understood and imagined. That was what this book was for me. Michael McClung knew exactly what type of book he wanted to write and did it to perfection.
“It’s good to have one person who believes in you. Especially when you’re having a hard time believing in yourself.” – Amra
Once again, Amra Thetys comes to the forefront of why I loved this so much. As I was reading I realized that Amra reminds me a lot of one of my favorite protagonists of all time, Vin from the first Mistborn Trilogy. Amra is a survivor by the strength of her will and sheer stubborness. Like Vin, many of her struggles and her strengths come from a hard and traumatic childhood. Amra’s character development is slow, steady, and in my opinion very realistic for someone who has gone through what she has. Amra is also incredibly likable. She is blunt, but not abrasive or rude and her witty, sarcastic humor to gods and mortals alike made me laugh more than a few times. Amra does not take crap from anyone and is easily my favorite character of this series. The side characters including the return of Holgren, as well as a host of brand new characters, each added something unique to the story.
The story takes place almost exclusively in a city called Bellarius, the town where Amra was born. Bellarius was incredibly atmospheric. This city was dark, full of corrupt government, gangs, thieves, and a palpable tension and danger. Also adding to this was that Amra was coming home to a place that held some of her darkest memories. The descriptions of Bellarius added a layer to the plot and world that would not have existed otherwise.
The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow’s Gate is a fast paced story with excellent characters, an intriguing plot, and a dose of humor and heart that allows us to see hope in a dark world. At a mere 250 pages, this book was so much fun to read and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Read it!
I have had a somewhat up and down experience with the Amra Thetys series so far. I greatly enjoyed book 1 and then I didn’t enjoy book 2 nearly as much, though it was still a good book. However, I can say for sure that The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow’s Gate was absolutely excellent and if that continues for books 4 and 5 it will propel this series into one of my favorite series of all time.
Here’s the thing. I love a good, epic fantasy with an incredibly intricate plot and detailed worldbuilding. However, I also love a good, light fantasy that focuses more on a thrilling story, characters that are just plain good people and that you care about deeply, and a smaller world that is easily understood and imagined. That was what this book was for me. Michael McClung knew exactly what type of book he wanted to write and did it to perfection.
“It’s good to have one person who believes in you. Especially when you’re having a hard time believing in yourself.” – Amra
Once again, Amra Thetys comes to the forefront of why I loved this so much. As I was reading I realized that Amra reminds me a lot of one of my favorite protagonists of all time, Vin from the first Mistborn Trilogy. Amra is a survivor by the strength of her will and sheer stubborness. Like Vin, many of her struggles and her strengths come from a hard and traumatic childhood. Amra’s character development is slow, steady, and in my opinion very realistic for someone who has gone through what she has. Amra is also incredibly likable. She is blunt, but not abrasive or rude and her witty, sarcastic humor to gods and mortals alike made me laugh more than a few times. Amra does not take crap from anyone and is easily my favorite character of this series. The side characters including the return of Holgren, as well as a host of brand new characters, each added something unique to the story.
The story takes place almost exclusively in a city called Bellarius, the town where Amra was born. Bellarius was incredibly atmospheric. This city was dark, full of corrupt government, gangs, thieves, and a palpable tension and danger. Also adding to this was that Amra was coming home to a place that held some of her darkest memories. The descriptions of Bellarius added a layer to the plot and world that would not have existed otherwise.
The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow’s Gate is a fast paced story with excellent characters, an intriguing plot, and a dose of humor and heart that allows us to see hope in a dark world. At a mere 250 pages, this book was so much fun to read and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Read it!
thush's review
4.0
Amra Thetys #3 goes back to the plot we discovered in #1 about the Eightfold Goddess. While the first 2 books gave us a good sense of her character, the third explores a lot of why and how she became that person. I loved how Amra swaggered into town, doing things nobody expected, creating mayhem through her ingenius. I am totally in love with her! 💚💚💚 But I did miss Holgren almost as much as Amra for the first 75% of the book because I love him and their ship. It's the sweetest.
"But I do believe in the efficacy of Holgren-fucking-Angrado."
As usual Amra astounded me with her cunning as she got the bottom of this new mystery. McClung made the end result dramatic, unexpected and also made me desperate for the next one...I mean come on, how could I not with this line:
"May all the gods take pity on anything that stands in my way, for I will not."
"But I do believe in the efficacy of Holgren-fucking-Angrado."
As usual Amra astounded me with her cunning as she got the bottom of this new mystery. McClung made the end result dramatic, unexpected and also made me desperate for the next one...I mean come on, how could I not with this line:
"May all the gods take pity on anything that stands in my way, for I will not."
realmsofmymind's review
4.0
Amra Thetys has been enjoying a life of semi-retirement, but that all comes to an end when a gruesome package arrives from an unknown sender. Convinced it’s a message from an old friend in her hometown, Amra sets out to the city of Bellarius. It soon becomes clear multiple people have taken an interest in Amra’s return, and some of them would rather have her dead then become involved in their affairs. At the heart of it all is the mystery surrounding tragic events in Amra’s childhood, days she would rather not think about again.
THE THIEF WHO KNOCKED ON SORROW’S GATE is a fantastic entry in the AMRA THETYS series and an action-packed adventure from start to finish. I admit, I was a little wary going into SORROW’S GATE as book two in the series, THE THIEF WHO SPAT IN LUCK’S GOOD EYE, was a bit of a stumble for me. While I still enjoyed it, that book felt a bit unfocused and uneven in places. But with some reassurances from a friend that LUCK’S GOOD EYE was an outlier, I picked up book three. Happily, it was fully worth continuing the series!
SORROW’S GATE starts things off with a severed head in a box and only escalates from there. This entry in Amra’s life forces her to return to her roots and confront dark events that happened to her in her past. It’s a glimpse into Amra’s origins that is informative, even if it isn’t pretty.
But most importantly, THE THIEF WHO KNOCKED ON SORROW’S GATE returns Amra to being a bit of a detective. Over the course of the book, she has to determine who sent her a severed head, where a childhood friend is in town, who is trying to kill her, and several other mysteries that reveal themselves as Amra investigates. Amra is in her element in cities, where she has to interact with others and use her knowledge and contacts to track down people and information, making the events of SORROW’S GATE perfectly suited to her talents. Shout outs as well to new character Keel, an unfortunate young man who gets swept up in Amra’s situation and soon finds himself way over his head.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an Amra Thetys book if gods and other supernatural beings weren’t around to mess with her life. There’s a new cast of strange entities for Amra to deal with as she gets dragged into their affairs. Although by this point, Amra may have to contend with the fact that being in the middle of the affairs of gods was her fate from the day she was born. Either way, the magic and action is explosive, literally and figuratively.
And then there’s the ending. And man is it an ending. I’ll warn you now, it is definitely a cliffhanger, though lucky for those of you reading it now, the next book in the series is already out! The set-up for the next book has me itching to pick it up ASAP, especially when a glance at the synopsis confirmed a suspicion of where the story was going.
The AMRA THETYS books are quick adventures easily read in a few days. If an urban fantasy with swords and flintlocks and adversaries ranging from crime bosses to gods sounds like your cup of tea, then you have to jump into this series!
THE THIEF WHO KNOCKED ON SORROW’S GATE is a fantastic entry in the AMRA THETYS series and an action-packed adventure from start to finish. I admit, I was a little wary going into SORROW’S GATE as book two in the series, THE THIEF WHO SPAT IN LUCK’S GOOD EYE, was a bit of a stumble for me. While I still enjoyed it, that book felt a bit unfocused and uneven in places. But with some reassurances from a friend that LUCK’S GOOD EYE was an outlier, I picked up book three. Happily, it was fully worth continuing the series!
SORROW’S GATE starts things off with a severed head in a box and only escalates from there. This entry in Amra’s life forces her to return to her roots and confront dark events that happened to her in her past. It’s a glimpse into Amra’s origins that is informative, even if it isn’t pretty.
But most importantly, THE THIEF WHO KNOCKED ON SORROW’S GATE returns Amra to being a bit of a detective. Over the course of the book, she has to determine who sent her a severed head, where a childhood friend is in town, who is trying to kill her, and several other mysteries that reveal themselves as Amra investigates. Amra is in her element in cities, where she has to interact with others and use her knowledge and contacts to track down people and information, making the events of SORROW’S GATE perfectly suited to her talents. Shout outs as well to new character Keel, an unfortunate young man who gets swept up in Amra’s situation and soon finds himself way over his head.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an Amra Thetys book if gods and other supernatural beings weren’t around to mess with her life. There’s a new cast of strange entities for Amra to deal with as she gets dragged into their affairs. Although by this point, Amra may have to contend with the fact that being in the middle of the affairs of gods was her fate from the day she was born. Either way, the magic and action is explosive, literally and figuratively.
And then there’s the ending. And man is it an ending. I’ll warn you now, it is definitely a cliffhanger, though lucky for those of you reading it now, the next book in the series is already out! The set-up for the next book has me itching to pick it up ASAP, especially when a glance at the synopsis confirmed a suspicion of where the story was going.
The AMRA THETYS books are quick adventures easily read in a few days. If an urban fantasy with swords and flintlocks and adversaries ranging from crime bosses to gods sounds like your cup of tea, then you have to jump into this series!
artemisblack's review
5.0
This book was awesome. Amra continues to be the kick a** heroine that I crave in a fantasy novel. She's not all mushy gushy in love with the hero, she doesn't make stupid pull-my-hair-out-screaming decisions and doesn't rely on magic to fix all of her problems. I was a little bummed we don't get to see much of Holgren in this book, but Amra's new sidekick Keel keeps the entertainment level high. Again in this book we get more detail into Amra's background and I love it that McClung is releasing it to us a little at a time instead of in a huge character background avalanche like many books often do (and usually right in the middle of an action scene to just make it worse). I'm very excited to see where the next book goes and am anxiously counting down the days!
sarah42783's review
5.0
Previous rating: 8 stars.
New rating: 12 stars. Because duh and and stuff.
➽ And the moral of this reread is: Amra Thetys is the most unjustly overlooked Fantasy series in the history of Viciously Overlooked Fantasy Series (VOFS™). Not only is it one of my top 5 favorite Fantasy series ever, it is also one of my top 5 favorite Fantasy series ever. I kid you not. I think this could possibly mean that Amra Thetys is a fairly enjoyable series. But hey, I could be wrong. Hahahahaha. Just kidding. When have I ever been wrong? “Never,” you say? Yep, sounds about right.
➽ And the other moral of this reread is: evil, sentient knives + rotting heads + hahahaha + chop chop chop slice slice slice + best revoltingly juvenile sidekick ever + malevolent fog + Boom Poof Gone Magic (BPGM™) + obscure, mentally damaged deities + Amra’s very special take on, um, gardening + decaying flesh and ropes of intestines and tentacles, oh my! + yummy revenge and delicious vengeance and stuff + rabid goats + “Never trust kids who are cute as baskets full of kittens” + kinda sorta reluctant anti-heroes + “gesture, sparks, boom” + liars and traitors and assholes, oh yeah! + good, obedientdoggies Stones + bang and smoke = fresh corpse (now that’s my kind of maths) + “Holgren-fucking-Angrado” =
• Book 1: The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids ★★★★★
• Book 2: The Thief Who Spat in Luck's Good Eye ★★★★★
• Book 4: The Thief Who Wasn't There ★★★★★
• Book 5: The Thief Who Went to War ★★★★★
• Short stories: The Last God ★★★★★
[Original review]
Actual rating: 8 ← were you expecting anything less?
Okay, here we go. Well, we are not actually going to go anywhere, to be honest. Nope nope nope. Why? Because I have nothing to say about this book. Nothing apart from this, that is:
I know, I know, I already said that in my review for book 2. Repeatedly. But what do you want me to do? Amra Thetys is so awesome that she leaves me slightly brain-dead and stuff. So don't blame me, blame Michael McClung. This is all his fault, obviously, and I am naught but an innocent bystander here.
[Half an hour passes]
Oh. You're still here? You're not waiting for me to actually write something about this book, are you? Oh. You are? Sigh ← in case you were wondering: yes, this is indeed me stalling because I have no idea what to say. Okay, let me try and do this in a coherent way
, and without repeating everything I've already mentioned multiple times said in my previous reviews for this series. Yeah, I can do that. Of course I can. No biggie and stuff .
♥ Why I love this series in general and this instalment in particular.
✔ Because I love Amra. I love her voice. I love the way her character keeps evolving with each new instalment. I love how badass she is. I love how complex she is. I love how funny she is. I love how she keeps surprising me. Because yes, there are quite a few surprises here. But I won't tell you about them. Because, you know, spoilers. Where does that all take us, you ask? This is where: one more amazing instalment like this one and I'm snaching Amra Thetys for my very exclusive Ass-Kicking Girls Harem. I think she'll get along just fine with Kate Daniels, Shanti, Muse, Elise Kavanagh and the rest of their colleagues. Ha.
✔ Because I love that the setting for each book keeps changing. Michael McClung builds Amra's world bits by bits and it's fantastic. Because it's keep things interesting. Because it all comes together progressively, book after book. And it's never boring. This instalment is *very* different from the previous ones and I love it just as much, if not more. Here Amra returns to Bellarius, where she was born and spent her nightmarish childhood. And it's fantastic ← yes, I know I've already said that but please bear with me, I'm trying to make a point here. Thank you. It's fantastic because we get to know Amra much more intimately. We find out why and how she became the person she is today, the Ultimate Survivor. Pretty amazing stuff.
✔ Because I love ALL the characters in this series, evil nemesis and random bad guys included. Come to think of it, there seem to be more evil nemesis and random bad guys than characters with good, pure intentions, which is just how I like it. Obviously. Now, about Holgren (Amra's very cool sidekick and now "lover," as she likes to call him ← still no coma-inducing romance in sight, thank Kerf!). Apparently, some readers were disappointed that Holgren was away for the better part of this story. Me? I honestly didn't mind. Then again I didn't mind Curran being away in [b:Magic Breaks|12119529|Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7)|Ilona Andrews|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383236969l/12119529._SX50_.jpg|17088822]. Or Shanti and Cayan being apart in [b:Hunted|24914964|Hunted (The Warrior Chronicles, #2)|K.F. Breene|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1423996063l/24914964._SY75_.jpg|44566920]. Because (I said it before and I'll say it again, it's my new favorite motto): we're not in this for the lovey doveycrap stuff people! We're here for the gruesome fights, weird creatures and generally epic shit. Yes we are. Besides, Holgren is now busy blowing things up, how cool is that? Besides, the next instalment will be a Holgren POV, how cool is that? Besides, Amra gets herself a very cool kid sidekick in this instalment, how cool is that? In fact, I loved Keel (the very cool kid sidekick) and his very cool/very funny interactions with Amra so much I hope he comes back in book 4. All in all, you could say the slightly super cool cast of characters is slightly super cool. Yes, you could say that.
✔ Because I love the absolute awesomeness of it all: suicidal sparrows! Dangerous kitten girls! Knives-knives-knives! Chuckles (not as funny as it sounds)! The underestimated power of leaves! Gestures-Sparks-Boom! Delusional/slightly mentally unbalanced/ill-intentioned gods and goddesses! Flicking your fingers and saying "your turn!" Cool-creatures-yay! Blood-and-gore-yay! And let's not forget about the severed heads! I think Amra is developing some kind of fetish here, hahahaha! Yes yes yes, I bloody love it all.
By the way, here's another YES for you: YES, I am aware that I haven't said much about the plot. But that's because it wouldn't make much sense to those who haven't read the series ← great excuse, isn't it? What can I say, I'm a clever girl. Hey, actually here's a second excuse for you: I can't say much about the plot because spoilers and stuff. Ha.
➽ So. To make an absurdly long, ever-rambling review short: just READ THIS SERIES people, you'll be gleefully glad you did.
[Pre-review nonsense]
♦ ♦ Amra Thetys, the Ultimate Survivor ♦ ♦
► Let me tell you, it doesn't get much better than this. No it doesn't.
► And now I'm supposed to wait until October for the next instalment in the series?! You have got to be joking Michael McClung! Do you really think I have the patience to wait one whole month for a Holgren POV? You don't know me at all, do you? Things are about to get really ugly.
►► Crappy review to come
New rating: 12 stars. Because duh and and stuff.
➽ And the moral of this reread is: Amra Thetys is the most unjustly overlooked Fantasy series in the history of Viciously Overlooked Fantasy Series (VOFS™). Not only is it one of my top 5 favorite Fantasy series ever, it is also one of my top 5 favorite Fantasy series ever. I kid you not. I think this could possibly mean that Amra Thetys is a fairly enjoyable series. But hey, I could be wrong. Hahahahaha. Just kidding. When have I ever been wrong? “Never,” you say? Yep, sounds about right.
➽ And the other moral of this reread is: evil, sentient knives + rotting heads + hahahaha + chop chop chop slice slice slice + best revoltingly juvenile sidekick ever + malevolent fog + Boom Poof Gone Magic (BPGM™) + obscure, mentally damaged deities + Amra’s very special take on, um, gardening + decaying flesh and ropes of intestines and tentacles, oh my! + yummy revenge and delicious vengeance and stuff + rabid goats + “Never trust kids who are cute as baskets full of kittens” + kinda sorta reluctant anti-heroes + “gesture, sparks, boom” + liars and traitors and assholes, oh yeah! + good, obedient
• Book 1: The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids ★★★★★
• Book 2: The Thief Who Spat in Luck's Good Eye ★★★★★
• Book 4: The Thief Who Wasn't There ★★★★★
• Book 5: The Thief Who Went to War ★★★★★
• Short stories: The Last God ★★★★★
[Original review]
Actual rating: 8 ← were you expecting anything less?
Okay, here we go. Well, we are not actually going to go anywhere, to be honest. Nope nope nope. Why? Because I have nothing to say about this book. Nothing apart from this, that is:
I know, I know, I already said that in my review for book 2. Repeatedly. But what do you want me to do? Amra Thetys is so awesome that she leaves me slightly brain-dead and stuff. So don't blame me, blame Michael McClung. This is all his fault, obviously, and I am naught but an innocent bystander here.
[Half an hour passes]
Oh. You're still here? You're not waiting for me to actually write something about this book, are you? Oh. You are? Sigh ← in case you were wondering: yes, this is indeed me stalling because I have no idea what to say. Okay, let me try and do this in a coherent way
Spoiler
Spoiler
♥ Why I love this series in general and this instalment in particular.
✔ Because I love Amra. I love her voice. I love the way her character keeps evolving with each new instalment. I love how badass she is. I love how complex she is. I love how funny she is. I love how she keeps surprising me. Because yes, there are quite a few surprises here. But I won't tell you about them. Because, you know, spoilers. Where does that all take us, you ask? This is where: one more amazing instalment like this one and I'm snaching Amra Thetys for my very exclusive Ass-Kicking Girls Harem. I think she'll get along just fine with Kate Daniels, Shanti, Muse, Elise Kavanagh and the rest of their colleagues. Ha.
✔ Because I love that the setting for each book keeps changing. Michael McClung builds Amra's world bits by bits and it's fantastic. Because it's keep things interesting. Because it all comes together progressively, book after book. And it's never boring. This instalment is *very* different from the previous ones and I love it just as much, if not more. Here Amra returns to Bellarius, where she was born and spent her nightmarish childhood. And it's fantastic ← yes, I know I've already said that but please bear with me, I'm trying to make a point here. Thank you. It's fantastic because we get to know Amra much more intimately. We find out why and how she became the person she is today, the Ultimate Survivor. Pretty amazing stuff.
✔ Because I love ALL the characters in this series, evil nemesis and random bad guys included. Come to think of it, there seem to be more evil nemesis and random bad guys than characters with good, pure intentions, which is just how I like it. Obviously. Now, about Holgren (Amra's very cool sidekick and now "lover," as she likes to call him ← still no coma-inducing romance in sight, thank Kerf!). Apparently, some readers were disappointed that Holgren was away for the better part of this story. Me? I honestly didn't mind. Then again I didn't mind Curran being away in [b:Magic Breaks|12119529|Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7)|Ilona Andrews|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383236969l/12119529._SX50_.jpg|17088822]. Or Shanti and Cayan being apart in [b:Hunted|24914964|Hunted (The Warrior Chronicles, #2)|K.F. Breene|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1423996063l/24914964._SY75_.jpg|44566920]. Because (I said it before and I'll say it again, it's my new favorite motto): we're not in this for the lovey dovey
✔ Because I love the absolute awesomeness of it all: suicidal sparrows! Dangerous kitten girls! Knives-knives-knives! Chuckles (not as funny as it sounds)! The underestimated power of leaves! Gestures-Sparks-Boom! Delusional/slightly mentally unbalanced/ill-intentioned gods and goddesses! Flicking your fingers and saying "your turn!" Cool-creatures-yay! Blood-and-gore-yay! And let's not forget about the severed heads! I think Amra is developing some kind of fetish here, hahahaha! Yes yes yes, I bloody love it all.
By the way, here's another YES for you: YES, I am aware that I haven't said much about the plot. But that's because it wouldn't make much sense to those who haven't read the series ← great excuse, isn't it? What can I say, I'm a clever girl. Hey, actually here's a second excuse for you: I can't say much about the plot because spoilers and stuff. Ha.
➽ So. To make an absurdly long, ever-rambling review short: just READ THIS SERIES people, you'll be gleefully glad you did.
[Pre-review nonsense]
♦ ♦ Amra Thetys, the Ultimate Survivor ♦ ♦
► Let me tell you, it doesn't get much better than this. No it doesn't.
► And now I'm supposed to wait until October for the next instalment in the series?! You have got to be joking Michael McClung! Do you really think I have the patience to wait one whole month for a Holgren POV? You don't know me at all, do you? Things are about to get really ugly.
►► Crappy review to come
eyed's review
5.0
I have been a fan of this series since I read book one but this was by far my favorite installment so far. Amra is awesome, Holgren not so much in my opinion. Him not being in the majority of this book made it much more enjoyable. I am still hoping to like Holgren, we will see how it goes in book four. Based on the end of this book I am expecting him to play a much larger role in upcoming events.
Besides the Amra herself, I love the world that has been created for her story to take place. The history and the gods make it wonderful to read. In particular the Eightfold goddess and her blades are fascinating to me.
I had originally thought this was a four book series but I am very happy to find out that I was very wrong. I have book four and will be reading it soon. I also look forward to the continuing tales of Amra.
Besides the Amra herself, I love the world that has been created for her story to take place. The history and the gods make it wonderful to read. In particular the Eightfold goddess and her blades are fascinating to me.
I had originally thought this was a four book series but I am very happy to find out that I was very wrong. I have book four and will be reading it soon. I also look forward to the continuing tales of Amra.
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