Matthew's Journal

I thoroughly enjoyed A Memory Called Empire, although I read it long enough ago that I'd forgotten much of what went on; so I was looking forward to the next Teixcalaan book. It didn't disappoint :)

It's difficult to adequately describe everything that's going on in this book (particularly while avoiding spoilers), but some of the themes of Memory around colonisation and language return, alongside questions of identity and personhood. There's a lot of intrigue, some pretty alien aliens (though I picked up on the nature of the aliens quite early in the book), a number of plot twists, and still time for some delightfully funny moments.

Highly recommended, but do read Memory first if you haven't already!