Tell me, Lady...

[magibrain]

Okay, no, seriously, which of you people got me started on the Steerswoman books? Because now I've read all four of them, and there aren't any more, and the mystery is still unraveling.

Why did you do this to me.

:|

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

LOL.

She is writing a fifth one, actually. She has a blog. :).

[magibrain]

Yes, but the fifth one does not currently exist in a form where I can purchase and devour it, is the thing. :P

[princessofgeeks]

believe me, i understand! i'm looking forward to it greatly myself.

[sholio]

AREN'T THEY ADDICTIVE. I still haven't read the fourth one; there were only three when I found them, and I keep forgetting there is another one, and then thinking, "No, it's been so long now that I need to reread the other books before reading the fourth one", and then ... never doing any of those things. :P

[magibrain]

THE FOURTH ONE IS SO GOOD. And is also where I started getting really righteously furious at wizards, not so much for their continued shenanigans, but for the fact that KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE SHAAAAAAARED WITH THE PEEEEEOPLEEEEEEEE D:<

And also – I'm trying not to give any real, meaningful spoilers – but the fourth one has a lot of piecing together social and interpersonal history from bits and anecdotes, and apparently I'm a sucker for that.

Plus all the random other things in the book that I'm an absolute sucker for.

AND THE FIFTH BOOK ISN'T OUT YET. >:|

[squeemu]

So that's a ...frustrated recommendation to read them? XD

[magistrate]

It took me a while to really get into them – they seemed kinda dry and emotionless/distant/bland, right when I started reading, and also kinda plastic and generic. And then I kept reading and just fell in love with the worldbuilding (I love it to frustrated little pieces), and I want to hang out with Rowan forever, and chill with Bel from a safe distance.

Lots of Awesome Badass Science Ladies, lots of navigating the truth and how the truth is used for and against people, lots of meditation on the nature of deception, lots of the scientific method leading people both into blind allies and to brilliant revelation, lots of little shivers of "Oh fuck, suddenly I know what's going on here, fuuuck..."

So. Yeah. I'd recommend them. With the caveat that ARGH WE'RE ONLY LIKE HALFWAY DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE AND THERE ISN'T ANY MORE THAT'S PUBLISHED