But life with Bennett proves even duller he shows little interest in his wife, either in or outside the marital bed. It is very well written and a really interesting universe (and 15k words are not enough to give it justice, but then again it was the very manageable length which made me pick up this relatively soon). Alice fled a dull life in Britain into handsome Bennett’s arms. Tamsyn Muir novelette (15 kwords) with lots of horrific gore, interesting creepy worldbuilding, lesbian pining, death and some twists/hints. First to volunteer is Alice Van Cleve, the newlywed British wife of Bennett Van Cleve, whose father owns the local mining company. She reaches out for more women willing to saddle up horses to serve people whose circumstances won’t allow them to make it to town for books. TAMSYN MUIR is the bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Trilogy, which begins with Gideon the Ninth, continues with Harrow the Ninth, and concludes with. It is Muir's debut novel and the first in her Locked Tomb series, followed by Harrow the Ninth (2020), Nona the Ninth (2022), and Alecto the Ninth (2023).

Margery O’Hare is the fearless leader of the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. Gideon the Ninth is a 2019 science fantasy novel by the New Zealand writer Tamsyn Muir. TAMSYN MUIR is the author of the Locked Tomb Trilogy, which begins with Gideon the Ninth, continues with Harrow the Ninth, and concludes with Alecto the Ninth.Her short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the World Fantasy Award and the Eugie Foster Memorial Award. Rather than the story of a single romance, as in her best-selling 2012 hit “Me Before You,” “Giver” is a love story of an unlikely group of women who defy society’s norms to deliver library books to people in the mountains of Kentucky during the Great Depression, a real-life program launched by President Franklin D. The thwack of a book striking a man’s head, the crack of a gunshot and an escape on horseback signal the stellar start to Jojo Moyes’ new book, “The Giver of Stars” (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 400 pp., ★★★½ out of four stars).

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