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Moving to hardcover in 2026 @pintobean

Introduce me to a character named Drusilla and I’m going to assume she’s up to no good.

I figured this one out early; hints were everywhere. But I was on the edge of my seat waiting to learn how the trial unfolded - and in a few instances I was surprised (I thought I knew everything). She held a couple of her cards close to hand. It was ugly and hard to digest at times but I have to admire how she unraveled the threads. And in this case it was satisfying to see justice prevail.

How does every character in this book have an aquiline nose?

I can’t take this audiobook seriously with the narrator Robert Stone). Some of the voices sound cartoonish to me, especially juxtaposed with the formal, articulated verbs in the dialogue. Anyway I think I’ll enjoy it more if I can read a paper copy.

Sevro has always been one of my favorites because he is absolutely INSANE. Glad to see this is still the case. But I might be on team Cassius this round. I'm also loving Diomedes and I'm rooting for him to fight the Minotaur.

How does she do it? No one has ever nor will ever write like Mary Ann Evans. To read her is to be perpetually in awe.

I have officially been disturbed. What a wild ride.

Just finished Repetition. I should probably read it again.

the satisfaction of opening a book clad like so and finding historical footnotes