I hadn’t read any of the books you mentioned when you posted this comment, but now I’ve read Nettle and the first two locked tomb books. I actually just finished Harrow and searched Lemmy to see if anyone had talked about it; I laughed when I saw it was a comment in my own thread.

No one else will see this since the thread is so old, but I agree with you: Nettle and Bone was really enjoyable, but like you said, more just “a very good piece of genre fiction.”

I enjoyed Gideon immensely, and was really looking forward to Harrow. I didn’t enjoy the experience as much, honestly, though it’s a really well crafted book. The first half is so confusing with the altered events. Yes, it was clear that it was going to be something like it was, but that part was so protracted. I’m pretty good about putting confusion aside and letting the author take me where she will, but it was like two thirds of the way through a longish book before it started coming together, and that’s a long time to ask a reader to wait. I also felt like the end was unsatisfying.