![]() ![]() ![]() But he also gives readers the sort of anti-heroes that you can’t help but cheer for, a cast of minor and major characters that each have amazing story archs, and so many brutal women that I can’t begin to count them all. Marshall does some really cool things with gender norms, looks aging right in the face with an unvarnished mirror, and gives readers a cold religion, bug-drugs, and all the violence you could want. She was done with it all, until fate and mistake shatter her retirement, drawing her back into the world and war. Twenty-some years have passed since she led her notorious band of generals – The Five Villains – in a war that put her on the throne. Marshall (a pseudonym for Jesse Bullington) tells the story of Zosia – Cold Cobalt, The Banshee with a Blade, First Villain – who is just a few steps past her prime. There is not a thing about this book that I don’t love. ![]()
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