I found this book (the second in the series) exciting to read, and liked following the progress of Sancia and her friends since they got together in the first book.
Sancia is always finding herself in awkward situations, she has for as long as she remembers. But at least now she has friends around her as she enters into the next crazy adventure. They are breaking into the Micheal campo in plain sight trying to succeed in the craziest theft ever thought of.
Meanwhile the Dandolo's are working on their own plans to improve their own situation. Plans which the troupe will need to look into and prevent if they want life to continue as it want it to.
Sancia will need to be on high alert as the Dandolo project is very interested in her too. And he is extremely dangerous. She does have help from a 'construct', of ancient design, who in turn wants help from Sancia. The construct 'Valeria' wants Sancia to destroy the Dandolo project, so that it can be free.
I was disappointed when the book came to its end and realised that I would have to wait until the third book is released to find out whether.. I can't tell you that! Sorry!
"Orso had just casually suggested a solution to some of the greatest limitations to scriving."I received an e-ARC of this novel through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. NetGalley does not allow for paid reviews.
4/5 Stars (What this means...five-stars-applied-carefully)
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The upstart firm Foundryside is struggling to make it. Orso Igancio and his star employee, former thief Sancia Grado, are accomplishing brilliant things with scriving, the magical art of encoding sentience into everyday objects, but it's not enough. The massive merchant houses of Tevanne won't tolerate competition, and they're willing to do anything to crush Foundryside.
But even the merchant houses of Tevanne might have met their match. An immensely powerful and deadly entity has been resurrected in the shadows of Tevanne, one that's not interested in wealth or trade routes: a hierophant, one of the ancient practitioners of scriving. And he has a great fascination for Foundryside, and its employees - especially Sancia.
Now Sancia and the rest of Foundryside must race to combat this new menace, which means understanding the origins of scriving itself - before the hierophant burns Tevanne to the ground.
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