{"id":40676,"date":"2022-11-21T06:30:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40676"},"modified":"2022-11-20T20:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T07:48:01","slug":"just-arrived-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/just-arrived-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir\/","title":{"rendered":"Just arrived: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As those who follow me here and on <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural Underground<\/a> probably know, I have read and enjoyed both <em>Gideon the Ninth<\/em> and <em>Harrow the Ninth<\/em> in the <strong>Locked Tomb<\/strong> series by fellow NZ author, Tamsyn Muir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40678\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nona-the-Ninth-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nona-the-Ninth-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nona-the-Ninth-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nona-the-Ninth.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m very pleased to have the third instalment, Nona <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">the Ninth<\/span>, arrive on my TBR table.<\/p>\n<p>I understand that Nona was a somewhat unexpected, but welcome, arrival in a series that was originally conceived as a trilogy, as the TOR.COM announcement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2021\/07\/30\/announcing-nona-the-ninth-a-new-addition-to-the-locked-tomb-series-from-tamsyn-muir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30 July 2021<\/a> &#8212; I was going to write \u201cimplies\u201d, but I think \u201cmakes clear\u201d would be more accurate. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gideon-the-Ninth-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gideon-the-Ninth-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gideon-the-Ninth-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gideon-the-Ninth.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I kind of like the tagline(s) already:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Her city is under siege.<br \/>\nThe zombies are coming back.<br \/>\nAnd all Nona wants is a birthday party.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Likewise Alix Harrow\u2019s front cover encomium:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>\u201cYou will love Nona and Nona loves you.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More zombies, more necromancy, more mystery \u2013 and a whole new leading character.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I\u2019m keen to read. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38690\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth-98x150.png 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Harrow-the-Ninth.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And will try not to take <em>too<\/em> long to let you know how I find it.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, delays are all caused by \u201cyou know what\u201d, so maybe they\u2019re not a bad thing, after all\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As those who follow me here and on Supernatural Underground probably know, I have read and enjoyed both Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth in the Locked Tomb series by fellow NZ author, Tamsyn Muir. So I\u2019m very pleased to have the third instalment, Nona the Ninth, arrive on my TBR table. I understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-justarrived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40676"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40682,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676\/revisions\/40682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}