6/20/2023 0 Comments Sword Dance by A.J. DemasThere's a through-plot from book 1 which, delightfully, involves the return of the hilariously awful philosophers. This is people in a wider world building a life. As ever, the lovingly detailed world is as much a character as any person, and a huge part of the pleasure is sinking into it-such that the reader's just as happy with the characters strolling round buying snacks and chatting with friends as with murder investigations or big emotions. We're more focused on the personal relationships, on how the lovers negotiate their ongoing cultural divide and the family issues and the next step in their relationship (which is lovely). Damiskos is moving in with Varazda after the events of Saffron Alley, but first he needs to go home to sort out his affairs, where he not only has to handle his awful family, but gets arrested for murder.Īs 'getting arrested for murder' books go, this is surprisingly low stress. The finale to AJ Demas' marvellous Sword Dance trilogy set in a brilliantly depicted alt-Mediterranean world.
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