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Nona the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir) (2022): It would seem I did not post a word about Harrow the Ninth, which I read and enjoyed, though I could have done with somewhat less amateur surgery mixed into kitchen activities. By the end of Alecto I suspect everyone will wish that certain characters had done rather less amateur surgery, full stop.

But Nona! (aka, "Act One of Alecto the Ninth, but it got out of hand".) I started writing up Nona, while either out of my mind on booze, sleep deprivation, or finishing Nona. Possibly all three. Enjoy my reflections on the novel, edited almost not at all.

Either you've read the previous novels, or you haven't. Before reading Nona, I'd read the prequels.

( Tangent: there's some novels I read as a teen that I liked a great deal, because they had all this backstory and prior worldbuilding! ...guess what, turned out I had picked up number N in a trilogy or long-running series. Spoilers follow. )

The Golden Enclaves (Naomi Novik) (2022): ( All spoilers all the time. )

I had a blast reading The Golden Enclaves and it hangs together, more or less, if you buy into its premise. I also am enjoying taking apart that premise and looking at it from all angles.