A review by neonfrills
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 Sequel to Gideon the Ninth… I cannot say much more bc of how intense and spoiler-y the end of Gideon is.

While this book is definitely a harder reading experience than Gideon, it’s all so well crafted and intentionally written. Like the choice to use 2nd person for one storyline, and third for another, I was like “Oh this is showing how Harrow feels dissociated from the person she once was” and then it was the Secret Other Thing also and I was like !!! 

The characters in this book are again, amazing. Everyone is morally-gray and backstabbing, but you learn to love them all. Ianthe grew to be even more of my fave after this book. She gives everything; she's a horrible lesbian, she's a gay boy, she's committing man-made horrors beyond your comprehension. I'm madly in love with her. 

Bottom Line:.... Still obsessed. I need Alecto to get a damn release date so I can read Nona and then know that I’ll have the end in sight