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.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
bennett - Aug 26, 2026 8:39:22 am PDT #28749 of 28752
"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"
meara - Aug 26, 2026 8:41:19 am PDT #28750 of 28752
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 28752
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 28752
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