Nona the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir · 2022
The third Locked Tomb novel. Muir's necromancer-in-space series has generated a ferociously passionate fandom in contemporary science fiction, proving that queer genre fiction with genuine emotional depth and formal ambition is its own category.
The case against
Book three was meant to be the opening act of book four, and it shows: Nona drifts through school days and found-family domesticity while the plot waits offstage. Newcomers have no chance; veterans will still need the fan wiki. The John flashbacks deliver real revelations, but the present-day story mostly treads water until the final fifty pages.
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