Chimera Book Two

An Illusion of Thieves wrapped up well, with an ending that would be in acceptable but that fully set up there is more to come. (I suppose I'll avoid spoilers for that last chapter.) In fact, Glass' author bio at the end of the novel does a good job of characterizing the series; Glass, it says, is "a writer of fantasy adventure novels" who "also dabble from time to time in epic fantasy." Indeed, while some of the set-up hinted at in Thieves, especially about the history of the gods and magic, suggested a series that is headed to epic places, the last chapter suggested instead a new caper or adventure--a "next mission" approach rather than a "continuing to develop this story." There's a parallel with TV series that episodic versus serialized. The "next adventure" model leans episodic, but as we know from TV, there's a large ground of semi-serialized, "have your cake and eat it, too" territory. From the opening of A Conjuring of Assassins, Book Two in the Chimera series seems to fall squarely in this semi-serialized bucket. Romy and her accomplishes have accepted the new mission revealed at the end of Thieves, but Romy has also already had a troubling dream that suggests some epic secrets about the origins of magic will be revealed.

Placidio is looking pretty good on that cover. I'm about a quarter into Conjuring, and it's been pretty eventful. I'm not sorry this is a somewhat slower read than my recent batch of romances. I don't need to be reading a book every night. Maybe the Chimera trilogy will even last me through the weekend!