I was not expecting the dragons to be literal

or Pel-Thenhior to be heterosexual

(but either heteromantic or aromantic & masc-inclined queerplatonic, if I am reading Victorian Elvish correctly, which was cool)

YELLS about it

I KNOW

(happy to yell. also about THE ROB OF CAIRADO which I didn't even hear about until it was out, and devoured immediately)

CAPTAIN OLGAREZH

I wanted not to trust or like him but I did

also, was it just me, or even in its dark & sad moments, was this book just funnier than the others?

highlights include: Celehar's closet being searched, the back & forth with the Catacombists, Celehar not knowing Lt. Beshelar's name

Csevet being referred to exclusively as Aisava also sent me

Orb, ORB of Cairado

I was impressed by how many guns from the first book went off in this one. Like, I was not expecting the decor of a teahouse to be vital plot foreshadowing.

(I did not know about Orb of Cairado until this very moment, so now I know how I'm spending my morning)

RIGHT

I just finished Orb. It ended a bit more abruptly than I expected, but was still delightful

agreed! it was a morsel, but a really different view of the Ethuveraz