Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett's Point of Hopes
I saw this compared to Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint books so obviously wanted to check it out. It is similar in that it has queer dudes with swords and some court politics, but it’s set in a less decadent sort of pseudo-historical fantasy world, where everyone is super into the stars and their horoscopes, there are guilds, etc. The main characters are a city watchman, investigating a large number of missing children, and a former soldier, new to town (there is no romance per se in this one, just hints they like each other, but I have hopes they get together in later books). This was a little bit slow but I did enjoy the world and characters, thought the mystery and resolution were pretty satisfying, and look forward to seeing what happens next. A-.
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