(np) did I already mention Tamsyn Muir’s sword and sorcery trilogy?

[Michael Bailey]

“I would rather have my tendons peeled from my body, one by one, and
flossed to shreds over my broken bones,” you said. “I would rather be
flayed alive and wrapped in salt. I would rather have my own digestive acid
dripped into my eyes.” “So what I’m hearing is … maybe,” said Ianthe.


Lots more like that. Really not my usual fare. But it crackles, forsooth!

1st one was page-turner, bingeworthy.

2nd one- Kept putting it down, picking it up at a different place,
definitely read all of it once and much of it twice.

Have not yet looked at the 3rd.