The Tyrant Baru Cormorant

better than #2, not as good as #1—enjoyable all the way through and thouroughly hard to put down :)

My gripe with the second volume in the series was that Baru seems to lose all of her agency, after showing so much of it in the first volume. Here, it all comes together, along with some memorable settings and scenes.

I can't wait for the fourth (and final?) book.