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In Part 3 our heroes pair off into the obvious matches. Except maybe Jakob, who remains MIA? Really enjoyable banter, here. These characters are typecast, but I just love them. Still feeling Baldur's Gate 3 vibes, and I'm there for it.

Abercrombie sure can write an epic fight scene! Part 2 ends with our heroes in quite a pickle.

Battle #2. At sea! While sinking! And on fire! Vigga hates sea food!

"Nothing but the Truth" (inside the illusionist's house) is a fabulous weave of past and present. It's a bit jarring to hop heads within a chapter, but I see what Abercrombie is doing here, and it's quite effective. And now we know (and love) our anti-heroes even more.

Annnd it's a side quest! Eating this up. The dialog is snappy, irreverent, and just plain fun. And then we get lines like this: "Sunny squatted beside the bodies. Looked like they'd died in each other's arms, which was sort of heartwarming, till she realized they were both holding knives, which was the opposite. Heartcooling?"

The chapter "Least Worst Choices" contains some of the best intraparty dialog I've ever read. Holy frak y'all. What if your NPCs carried on entire conversations among themselves?

Whew! And Vigga saves the day. How I love these characters! In my headcanon, they exist fully formed as a Baldur's Gate III party.

The first battle! Balthazar the Magician is frakking hilarious.

These characters! I'm already hooked. Brother Diaz is cut from the same hapless cloth as _Canticle_'s Brother Francis.