paperback, 416 pages
Published July 19, 2022 by Tordotcom.
Loved the world setting and intensity of the determined women leads in an epic murder-magic-catastrophe, though the whodunnit procedural hunt for obscured informants plodded some for me.
My first attempt to read this book was in vain. It's good that I started a second one - it took me a while to immerse myself in this world (it's not really my genre), but then I really liked it!
This was a great read. A dapper lesbian investigates a murder in a Cairo where magic and mythic creatures have returned. The world building is great and the characters are engaging.
Sapphic Dandy MC, sword fights, anticolonialism, and a willingness to take on the most troubling aspects of the steampunk genre head on with humor and artistic flair. Loved it.
