THE GIRL WITH A DRAGON TATTOO meets THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, THREE PARTS DEAD is the perfect mixture of character, mystery, and world building. Gladstone deftly interweaves a dazzling, intricate world with a passionate, magical plot that had my heart afire for Kos Everburning and his long lost love.
Perhaps the most impressive part of Gladstone's world is the recognizable bones of our own reality. Wafting below this exotic architecture of magic and faith, these hints provided an anchor that made it oh so easy to get immersed in an alternate reality where magic is society's life blood.
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