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reviewed Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Craft Sequence, #1)

Max Gladstone: Three Parts Dead (EBook, 2012, Tor) 4 stars

"A god has died, and it's up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic …

Instant fan of Gladstone

5 stars

What a great writer. Learned after the fact that he’s one of the co-authors of “This Is How You Lose the Time War”. Makes sense.

The ideas here felt new and exciting. Exposition and world-building doesn’t happen in clunky blocks like it does in so many books. It takes real skill not to frustrate readers when you throw together dead gods, magic from starlight, gargoyles, vampires, contract law, and a whole lot more.