A review by sparks_fitz
Traveling with the Dead by Barbara Hambly

Way worse than the first one. Starts off okay but is super orientalist once it gets to Constantinople. The story's less interesting and the best relationship, that between Ysidro and Asher, is moot here since they don't interact again till the last few pages. Instead a slight romance is built between Ysidro and Asher's wife Lydia, which feels very stereotypical compared to the more interesting male friendship angle (though as a gay man I am a bit biased lmao). I might still eventually read the third one because I do care a bit about these characters, but this was still really disappointing.