penwing reads (they/them) commented on Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb Trilogy)
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some …
Well, in good news the rest of the book is not going to suffer so much in comparison to it's opening chapters...
In bad news - the suck fairy has visited those opening chapters very early on...