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2 primary booksRift Runners is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Meg Radiant and Jennifer Fallon.
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An excellent and underrated series continues! This one continued the same vibe as the first one, with some new twists and turns that kept it very fresh. This is an exceptionally silly series that nevertheless has random serious moments and very strange things pop up - the closest comparison in tone is really the Winnowing Flame series, but that has more horror going on than this one. Fallon is one of those authors who requires a lot of suspension of disbelief to enjoy her books, and for this one, it's mostly just because of the randomness and absurdity of some of the directions of the plot.
A major arc of this novel is set in a Japanese-colonized version of Ireland. It is not a maximally historically informed version of Japan, because it is not Japan, but it's reasonably not offensive, and meets readers on their level and familiarity, for the most part. It is refreshing to see in a world where most portrayals of Eastern cultures are either academically sterile or offensive, but some might disagree.
I hope the series doesn't wrap up with a twist on the scale of the Tide Lords, but I'm looking forward to book 3!
