A Conspiracy of Kings: NON-SPOILER version

I just finished my first (but by no means last) read-through of A Conspiracy of Kings, the fourth in Megan Whalen Turner's series (which, for the record, I now think should be called the Basileus series). Since I know people out there are trying to avoid spoilers, this post will be a very general non-spoilery one. The next one (with an lj-cut) will be chock full of spoilers.

I LOVED IT. Okay, yes, it did leave me wanting to read the next book now, but still. LOVE. Sophos has grown so much as a person, and I loved that his sense of humor and Gen's are so entirely different, and yet they mesh so well. I loved several of the minor characters and so many of the major ones too. I don't think I was left unsatisfied, or even exactly with questions. It's more that I have a sense of story not yet told that I didn't have at the end of the previous books. I can't wait for the next installment.

A Conspiracy of Kings: SPOILERY VERSION

BEWARE! If you have not yet read A Conspiracy of Kings, this is not the post you are looking for. That one is the previous post, which contains no spoilers (except that Sophos is awesome, which we knew). From here on out, consider yourself warned.

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