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Dr. Andy
Love this so much!! What a great reread. The way Gideon simps over hot girls, I love it.

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I am already itching to reread this and then devour Harrow the Ninth. The main things you need to know: Lesbian. Necromancers. in. Space. And Gideon Nav is the suavest and hottest swordswoman like ever. My love for Gideon knows no bounds.

Gideon has been an indentured servant to the Ninth House for as long as she's know. But when she's finally ready
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Priya
Jul 10, 2025 rated it really liked it
This was a weird book but interesting too, especially as I have not read a fantasy involving necromancy before.

I really liked Gideon who is just the kind of character i love reading about with her wit, sometimes dark humour and spunk. The interactions she has with Harrow are fun. The way their relationship changes and develops from mutual hatred to reliance to understanding and more was very well done.Forced to go along as the cavalier (second in command or soldier) to Harrow in a competition n
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Madeleine
Dec 31, 2023 rated it really liked it
It's a good book, but a very, VERY slow starter. Additionally, Muir puts a lot of work on her readers to figure out the missing context. Which is great, but until you realize what's missing and that it's important to be engaging with the text like a detective, makes this a bit of a drag.

It is a testament to her ability as a writer though, to so fully embody this character and narrate only what Gideon would find interesting, even if that means that we (like Gideon) miss a lot of the plot until i
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Aug 05, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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