#77 Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

Where there are angels and demons and hatred of offspring of the demons while needing them to mine the body of a fallen angel for the magic it has to power all the technology they have. Against this backdrop is the story of two sisters, one has been accused of murder of an upper class man and her sister who tries to free her while being lucky enough to be able to hide the signs of her part demon parentage. Celeste will burn through friends and favors to try and clear Mariel’s name and get her freed before she is executed for the murder of her lover.  This mystery is a quick tight read that has a wonderfully deep background and I really want more books in this setting. 

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#78 Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

 

This book has the Baron and his people traveling by boat to find a place far away from the mess the Empire is currently in.  The story has two groups the main group and the scouts that have his sister-in-law with them checking the river to see if it is safe ahead.  Things pretty much go smoothly for such a large group of people on the run with their herds.  The Baron’s people bump into the Hawkbrothers and they help them find what they are looking for in a place to settle.   This is really a solid middle book of a trilogy and fans will be happy to read about the first-time meetings of the two groups but by the end of the book there are some clues about what will happen in the next book.  A good book for fans but may not be the best place for a new reader to start. 

 

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