A review by kristennd
Purity of Blood by Margaret Sayers Peden, Arturo Pérez-Reverte

3.0

Not quite as engaging as the first book in the series. The plot is just as dour, but lacks the grand significance. The Inquisition is involved but never at risk of being affected. And the narrator is getting annoying with his constant vague references to what came before and what will eventually happen later in his own life. He's not half as interesting as his master. The convoluted local politics required more of a refresher course than was given; we're not all reading the series without pause. Swashbuckling action sequences remain well done and the culture is vivid, if tragic.