The Grief of Stones
Book Two of the Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy

sometimes a book is both a book and an antidepressant Actual review, now that I've read it: [through tears] sometimes a book is both a book and an antidepressant Sometimes it feels like books are written specifically to suit your tastes, and that's the case with the Cemeteries of Amalo. There was a ve......more

On a cloudy autumn day, I attended the execution of Broset Shveldar. I am wildly happy that The Goblin Emperor was an excuse to start a new, fascinating series. With an opening sentence like that, you immediately find yourself immersed in the story; a story that is equally unremarkable and unique at......more

Murder. Corpses. Revenants. Scones. Scones? Definitely scones. Life is better with scones, and so is The Grief of Stones. If you liked The Witness for the Dead, there's no reason you won't like this one and its distinctive combination of immersive worldbuilding, coziness, and death. Picking up right......more

Like The Goblin Emperor and The Witness for the Dead, the story is full of rich fantasy worldbuilding that serves the purpose of an extended Cozy Mystery. That being said, if you like sedate, rich fantasy that handles the little things and almost entirely the little things -- until it gets to the one......more

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