![]() The world where this takes place deserves a lot more books than just this one and, as far as the main characters go, even if there should have been more about Laeric Scoth and Jesco Currane (if I am nitpicking), I wouldn't mind to see more of them. In the end everything is explained and all the red herrings (which were pretty good) weren't simply forgotten. Their priorities are right where they should be. ![]() ![]() If not for these two, his death would be forgotten because he wasn't someone famous or rich. All the focus is on a murder of a courier. Yes, there is a romantic element and the two main characters have this thing between them, but it is always somewhere in the background of the story. ![]() The lack of info-dumps left me knowing enough to love the story, but at the same time wishing there was more of it (othelins like Jesco and their different abilities, the badlands and its dangers, the travelling carnivals and their people, their autohorses and other various mechanical goodies, the arguments between the religious and the rest of the world about the othelin children and so on). Add zero info-dumps and you get a well rounded story with likeable (and some less so) characters. To think of all those who usually avoid romance like a plague and who are going to miss out on a really good mystery set in an interesting world. ![]() This story is an example of why people shouldn't avoid something labelled romance. ![]()
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