great entertainment
5 stars
loved it! even better than the first book. as i said in the comments earlier, this is like queer asian game of thrones. the audiobook narration was one of the best performances i've ever listened to. a+
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96% complete! reading crustacean has read 29 of 30 books.
loved it! even better than the first book. as i said in the comments earlier, this is like queer asian game of thrones. the audiobook narration was one of the best performances i've ever listened to. a+

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The book is also full of wierd anachronisms. all the characters have cellphones in the 2000, there are drugs mentioned which wouldn't be released for several years. It really feels like she shohorned in the 9/11 thing at the last minute
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