Book completed

[eve_prime]

Paladin's Strength, by T. Kingfisher. Second in its series. In the first book, we meet a small group of "broken" paladins - their god has died, and because they've spent their lives as berserkers in his service, they are experiencing PTSD, in a variety of forms. One of the paladins in the first book, Istvhan, is a main character this time; he's investigating a creepy phenomenon from the first book, but now he finds himself also helping a lay nun to find her abducted sisters. Istvhan is very large, and Clara is also strikingly large, so they find themselves curious about each other - and since it's a romance novel, we can reasonably predict that they'll end up together. However, Clara has an interesting secret, one that's gotten in the way of her previous relationships. Istvhan is uniquely qualified to appreciate her anyway, but it takes a while for her to trust in these new possibilities. It's a fun read, with memorable characters and scenes - the fulfillment of the reason the nuns were abducted is particularly creative and different. Excellent fare when one is otherwise stressed and/or tired.

Comments

[heleninwales]

I might put that on the list to read next. I very much enjoyed the first of the Paladin books.

[eve_prime]

Some readers have complained that the premise is so similar to the first book. I was so delighted with the strangeness in the worldbuilding that the similarities didn't matter to me at all.

[heleninwales]

Sometimes a story that's quite similar but with differences is just what one wants. It's definitely a world I enjoyed reading about.

[eve_prime]

Just so. I was quite happy with the new story.