A Drop of Corruption

Obsessed with these books. The chops it must take to write a twisty murder-mystery set wholly in an epic fantasy world with unique weapons, fantastical poisons, super-human abilities, and leviathans, all while continuing to give the reader twist endings continues to blow my mind.

Loved that we got to see more of the greater world in this book, Bennett did a great job of making the world feel lived in and expansive while still maintaining familiarity. There was substantially less plant-magic in this sequel, but this was balanced out with significant detail on the different alterations affecting various characters, which was so interesting to explore.

Din and Ana were crowned my new fave investigative duo in The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption only solidified their title. Safe to say this series is one of the best fantasy-mystery mash-ups out there at moment.