2020 book 89

Martha Wells' Death of the Necromancer
The second book in Wells' Ile-Rien series takes place a hundred years after the first, so features a new cast of characters (though several from the last book are mentioned). There was a lot to like about this—heists, cross dressing actresses, revenge plots, an interesting cast of characters—but it just felt soooo sloooow. Things pick up a bit halfway through as a few new people join the gang to track down an evil sorcerer, but still, pretty slow. Maybe it is just that, unlike Wells' more recent series, this one is dealing with more familiar tropes. I mean, it was fine. B.