I was just coming the post the same thing!!!
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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Pix - Aug 24, 2026 9:10:50 pm PDT #28746 of 28762
The status is NOT quo.
-t - Aug 25, 2026 10:46:36 am PDT #28747 of 28762
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good news - I pre-ordered through Kobo and my Kobo books can be read in a browser, so I can have a tab open to read while I wait for various reports to finish running...
-t - Aug 26, 2026 7:22:54 am PDT #28748 of 28762
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ahhh, extremely satisfying if not great for my “sleep score”
And Shieldborn pre-ordered for next year, woohoo! Kinda want to go back to Clockwork Boys and read through all the White Rat…
bennett - Aug 26, 2026 8:39:22 am PDT #28749 of 28762
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
Once I started Daggerbound and realized who the main character was, I stopped and started rereading Clockwork Boys. Gotta start at the beginning of the character arc.
meara - Aug 26, 2026 8:41:19 am PDT #28750 of 28762
Oh I did not realize there was a new t kingfisher! Maybe I will actually read a book this year that isn’t just book-length heated rivalry fanfic?? I didn’t get into clockwork boys though…(read maybe half or three quarters of the first and wandered away never to return)
-t - Aug 26, 2026 8:41:51 am PDT #28751 of 28762
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Smart. Although I didn’t feel like I was missing out too much by not having a great memory, the in text reminders did their job
-t - Aug 26, 2026 8:44:29 am PDT #28752 of 28762
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You don’t need it, meara. It is a sequel to Swordheart, so having read that would probably help but I think not strictly necessary
meara - Aug 26, 2026 9:43:07 am PDT #28753 of 28762
Have definitely read and loved Swordheart, and the saint of steel books, just bounced off clockwork boys for some reason. But thanks y’all for the heads up, I wouldn’t have known otherwise!
Calli - Aug 28, 2026 6:05:05 pm PDT #28754 of 28762
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just finished Daggerbound. I’m torn between a happy sigh and a squee.
bennett - Aug 28, 2026 6:09:39 pm PDT #28755 of 28762
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
I would agree that you don't have to have read the Clocktaur War books to enjoy Daggerbound, but I'm glad I reread them. Learned Edmund actually grew a lot in those books, so it was good to see where he came from as well as where he ended up.
I must say, Daggerbound really spoke to me. I sooooo sympathized with him at the beginning. Before I retired I also was so tired of fighting people who would only change with a brick to the head. Sometimes you just have to quit and move on.