Cold Magic by Kate Elliott

[saltypepper]

x-posted, because I am desperate to find someone else to talk to about this book.  From my limited knowledge of the cultures in question, this looks to be a successful case of "writing the other," and I am extremely interested to hear what folks who are more knowledgeable than I have to say about it.
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I saw this book on the Dabwaha site as one of

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[vito_excalibur]

It's been a few months since I read it, so I do not have great insights to add, but I did like it! Though I did not find it as unputdownable as you did. Great worldbuilding (obviously) but I thought it maybe could have used more plot. I'll be picking up the second one, though.

[saltypepper]

I can't wait for the second one, I but I'm scared of her dropping the ball on the race thing. Or the worldbuilding. Or any of the other balls she's juggling on this.

[shweta_narayan]

OMG I must get this book now. Sounds like exactly what I've been wanting :)
Thank you!

[saltypepper]

I had no idea I'd been wanting quite this, but now I do! It is the mashiest mash-up I've come across in quite some time.

[sarafinapekkala]

Whoa, that sounds really great! I read her Crossroads books a while back (the first one is called The Spirit Gate), and they were excellent, but broke my heart, so I was kind of scared to read anything else by her. Actually, those books also mostly involved people who would be considered POC in our world.

[saltypepper]

I started those, but I can't recall now why I didn't finish them.