2022/126: The Golden Enclaves — Naomi Novik

2022/126: The Golden Enclaves — Naomi Novik

[She] didn’t even believe the stupid unbelievable lie that the school had swallowed, the mad ambition written too effectively into its steel and brass… to protect all the wise-gifted children of the world. She wasn’t going to try to do that. She perfectly understood that some children had to die. [loc. 2696]

The words ‘triumphant conclusion to the trilogy’ are worn out by overuse, but here they are accurate: El, fresh out of the Scholomance, discovers the unspeakable foundations that underpin the magical world, and ... refuses. ( Read more... )