this book has everything. necromancers... lesbian necromancers... murderous lesbian necromancers.

for whatever reasons that ended up being irrelevant to how I feel about it, this book took me eight months to get through. i spent 7.75 of those months on the first 25% (i think i found some of the initial world building a slog), but once I hit the second quarter of the book i could not put it down.

muir’s writing style is completely captivating. each character has a completely distinctive and entertaining voice, the world is immersive and real, and the murder mystery plot positively rips. this book is creepy as hell and an absolute delight.

gideon and harrow.... harrow and gideon... phew. thank you.