Saint of Steel – Cannonball Read 17

Another great one from the wacky mind of T. Kingfisher

4. (The Saint of Steel #4) Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher

April 5, 2024 by kfishgirl 1 Comment

It turns out that I love T. Kingfisher. Anyone who’s read a post from me before probably knows that though. I think I got into Kingfisher with one of her weird books a few years ago. It was about a hole in the wall of an oddity museum that led to alternate worlds. I just remember my awe at this author who could scare me, freak me out, and make me laugh crazily all in the same book. I just keep reading her books now […]

done with this world for now :(

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

September 7, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

While I enjoyed this last entry in the Saint of Steel series (especially because we do see our favorites from the prior two books!), in a nutshell I think it suffered from 1) being more of a standalone story (with the smooth skin man issue being solved in the prior novel) and 2) the moral of the story overshadowing the main plot as well. In this novel, we have the story of Gay Galen, who knows for a sure 1000% fact that he doesn’t want […]

more Saint of Steel awesomeness :D

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

August 31, 2022 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Despite having blurbed these books to very many people as I was reading them, I kept finding myself pleasantly surprised by how much I liked them! In this second installment of the Saint of Steel series, still set in the same world of the Rat, we follow another of the former-paladins of the Saint of Steel, who is now deceased. For the first time, we have plot continuity–Istvhan is on the hunt for the strange clay head/golem/creepy men who terrorized us in the prior installation, […]

Tamora Pierce, but with Adult Bits

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

August 25, 2022 by wicherwill 2 Comments

These books are like, Tamora Pierce for adults. << the first review-like sentence I had written in ages, which I just had to note because it had been on the tip of my tongue through all the previous Universe of the White Rat books just why I liked these… So, to whit: these books are like Tamora Pierce, but for adults (i.e., starring adults, with adult scenes–as an adult who still reads Tamora Pierce novels and considers the Circle of Magic series one of her favorites). […]

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