The Justice in Revenge by Ryan Van Loan
This may honestly be the series that comes closest to filling the Locke Lamora shaped hole in my heart. Swashbuckling, cunning, and now politics in a city that sounds like Venice?? I have hopes this will be at least as good as the first book, though the few reviews on Goodreads make me NERVOUS. I did seem to enjoy the first book more than many others, so who knows!
I’m also still working my way through the Lies of Locke Lamora re-read, which is also helping to fill the Locke Lamora shaped hole in my heart.
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I’ve heard good things about Ardor Benn. Have you read any of those?
Edit- I see you’ve read the first one, but maybe the rest might help fill that Locke Lamora hole?
Also lol “Locke Lamora hole” ahem… sorry 😂
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Ah yes, at some point I need to check out the rest of the Ardor Benn books
🤦♀️a hole in my HEART 🤣
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😂 Sorry 😂
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