Nona the Ninth

After promising a three-book series, Muir sprung a surprise and squeezed in this book before the finale. It’s quite a strange diversion from the first two books, both of which were wild and very original. This feels like a backward step in comparison, a little tame, a little slow, and a little ‘normal’: schools and beaches and regular cities. It gets there in the end, but takes a while where Gideon and Harrow were compelling from start to finish. Perhaps should have stuck with the trilogy plan, but I’m still super anticipating the finale in 2024.