Bloody Rose is a decent not-a-sequel sequel. The story and world picks up nicely from the first book in the series, and we get an organic-yet-fresh view on the world through the eyes of the small town girl Tam. I absolutely loved the character of Tam, and I think it was a brilliant way to introduce a new PoV character to universe. Also here for this particular queer rep, even tho some of the other ones (looking at you, Cura) left a little something to be desired. The first hundred pages were a bit slow, but it certainly picks up when Fable reaches their "starting point". One of my favourite aspects were how Tam starts out ready to join a band and kill monsters in arenas, to questioning the organised killing of monsters.

All in all a nice edition to the saga, excited to see what Eames brings to the table for the next (and possibly last?) book in the series.