The Tainted Cup

To sum it up I thought this was brilliant and consider me another instigator on the hype train. I went in knowing only RJB and mystery...that was enough to know and I think all anyone needs to know to enjoy the unraveling of the story. Except some who need some prodding, it's second world if don't like urban fantasy or care for mystery, I think you'd want to check this out. I thought everything about this world is cool as heck and the next up in the series will be one of my most anticipated releases when it's time. One big thought I have is that this is a first-person, single POV story, so I was worried from get. I find I often struggle with these types of books - some authors fail to make the story interesting for me, getting lost in train-of-thought ramblings that feel like someone put my own thoughts onto the page (you absolutely don't want to read my thoughts, I mean I'm subjecting you to them here, you don't want them in a book too) or offer dull, annoying descriptions of actions by the POV or others. To me it's an art to do first person right, so this is a testament to RBJ's mastery of his craft as an author IMO and although I've only read the Foundryside trilogy I'm thinking this is his magnum opus, time will tell with the rest of the trilogy. The mystery was fantastic and complex, I enjoyed our MC and his bosslady. Other thoughts I'm too lazy to think about more are is this RJB's pandemic book? If so, wow. Is there an undercurrent of commentary on capitalism or globalization? Again, too lazy and those more intellectually inclined brain cells are struggling on the mouse wheel at the moment so that's all I got. Also, audiobook A+++.