Review: I don't want this series to end
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
I rushed through all of Zoe Saadia's books, both Meso- and North American, in a couple of months a while back, and then had to wait for the last two in the Triple Alliance series to come out... And boy was it worth the wait.The politics is what I've always loved most about this series, and the sword has oodles of it. Moreover, it has Tlacaelel, who I adore (it's the Quiet Badass Type, what can I say?) as one of the main characters, along with Tlalli from Book 1 (I half expected to run into Etl too, during the Great Ceremony, but no joy).The action starts up a little while after it left off in the previous book. Kuini is living happily with Dehe, Iztac-Ayotl and his growing brood of offspring in the reconquered Texcoco, as Coyotl's chief warlord... Unfortunately for him, defeating the Tepanecs wasn't entirely a happy-ever-after ending, and the old aristocracy is looking askance at his close alliance with the Mexica.Kuini's legendary sword is stolen, and it looks like the Mexica are being set up to take the fall, dragging the two allies into a potential war. What's more, Iztac-Ayotl and her son are both mixed up in the plot in different ways: not only could it detroy the alliance, but it might also tear Kuini's family apart.I can't say any more without giving too much away, but it's clearly going to take a whole lot of scheming by Tlacaelel and Dehe to keep things on track...I can't wait to start book three, but I'm also putting it off: I don't want the sereis to be over.