The Mime Order

I never should have waited this long to read this book, but at the same time I'm super glad since I have an ARC of The Song Rising that I can jump into as soon as possible. The world that Samantha Shannon has created is vast and extremely complex and layered and I love how she introduces it to us. This book focused mostly on the Syndicate and the interworkings of London's Underground.

This book allowed us to get a deeper understanding of where Paige came from before The Bone Season. This was also the beginning of her revolution. I truly felt like this book gave us more insight into what is at stake and what Paige is up against. Going forward there are a lot of moving parts and aspects that Paige and her gang have to work with or against and I'm beyond excited to see how Samantha Shannon achieves this.

One last think I want to briefly comment on is how much I love these characters. There is so much to each one. So many layers and backstories to understand and Samantha Shannon is doing an amazing job and slowly letting us into their minds and their stories. I loved the extra insight we got into characters such as Ivy and Warden. It really helped widen the world and the true corruption that the Rephaim have caused with Scion. Without spoiling anything, the end of this book contains an action by one of the characters that I did not at all see coming. I was not at all prepared for it and that fascinates me. It makes me want to go back through the book to see if there are hints or if it was meant to catch us completely off guard.

I am so glad I have The Song Rising to read after finishing this. Plus I love that we still have 5 more books (counting Song Rising) to read to tell Paige's full story! This series is slowly turning into on my all-time favorites, right up there with Harry Potter. I just love how expansive the world is and how complex and layered the characters and their relationships are.