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The five purposes of prayer were taught to be service, supplication, gratitude, divination, and atonement, and it was gratitude Penric chose now.

Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold

December 12, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I’ve enjoyed the Penric and Desdemona series enormously over the past 3 weeks. I will circle back around and review the installments I have not yet reviewed in the new year. I raced through the last 6 and they certainly deserve a reread. I think my favorite thing about the series is that it is in many ways an investigative procedural – Pen and Des investigate things and get in and out of situations without there being an over-arching antagonist or a need to save […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: advance reader copy, Knot of Shadows, lois mcmaster bujold, NetGalley, Penric and Desdemona

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:142 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: advance reader copy, Knot of Shadows, lois mcmaster bujold, NetGalley, Penric and Desdemona ·
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