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A review by cupiscent
The Glass God by Kate Griffin
4.0
I enjoyed this second outing from Sharon Li and Magicals Anonymous even more than Stray Souls - as is often the case when characters and concepts don't need to worry about introduction and can just (at the risk of sounding rather a lot like Sharon herself) be.
Also, there's lots of Kelly Shiring and I dig her the mostest.
But, to get back to the point: I felt like this one managed a finer, sharper, more serrated edge to the still somewhat fluffier approach of Sharon; the final scene puts a ringing capstone on this impression, and left me going, "Yes. YES. like THAT." Still Pratchettarian around the edges, but it's Pratchett at his most canny and ruthless, and really, there is no bad there. No bad at all.
(Logistically, I'm not sure about some aspects of the finale, but dramatically it's majestic, so all good.)
Also, there's lots of Kelly Shiring and I dig her the mostest.
But, to get back to the point: I felt like this one managed a finer, sharper, more serrated edge to the still somewhat fluffier approach of Sharon; the final scene puts a ringing capstone on this impression, and left me going, "Yes. YES. like THAT." Still Pratchettarian around the edges, but it's Pratchett at his most canny and ruthless, and really, there is no bad there. No bad at all.
(Logistically, I'm not sure about some aspects of the finale, but dramatically it's majestic, so all good.)