

Genevieve Taylor, Boulder Book Store, Boulder, CO Fascinating world-building and an irresistibly cheeky main character. “If sword-wielding necromancer lesbians and a crumbling space-age palace aren’t enough to sell you on this book, then let yourself be won over by the hilarious sass and reckless determination of Gideon Nav. Nichole Cousins, Still North Books & Bar, Brooklyn, NY Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List I cannot recommend this book highly enough.” With fierce independence and hysterical wit, and laced with moments of pure heartbreaking tenderness and loyalty, Gideon and Harrow’s relationship simultaneously digs under your skin and tugs at your heartstrings.

Brilliance doesn’t come close to explaining Tamsyn Muir’s narrative where no single word is wasted or her engineering of a world with characters that end up belonging to you wholeheartedly even long after the last page. “ Gideon the Ninth is an epic science fantasy that if delivered into the hands of enough people will set the world on fire as it hasn’t been since The Hunger Games.
