The Unspoken Name, by A.K. Larkwood
Review copy provided by the author, who is a personal friend since we're repped by the same agent and all.
Which is not to say that you should discount my squee, because: squeeee this is so much fun. I tore right through it and then have had to wait months to share this review with you lot through the wonder of ARCs. I love books that ask, "But then what next?" And this is very much that kind of book. There is a child priestess who is to be sacrificed, who is ready to die. She is saved from death. Yes: but then what next?
What next is learning so much. What next is searching not one world but many, for ancient relics, barely remembered but powerful beyond describing. What next is being handed team members you don't want, don't like, and would actually like to throw into any convenient abyss. What next is loyalty to the point of agony--loyalty beyond imagining--and then.
And then discoveries of someone new who can earn your loyalty too.
This is not a short fantasy, but not a page is wasted. I tore through it at a scorching pace, with each section bringing new personal developments for both Csorwe and her worlds. The shape of Csorwe's story is hers, and for all the fantasy I read, I never yawned, oh, this again. I wanted to be with her for every moment of it. Highly recommended.
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