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The only issue I had with this novel is my struggle to connect to any of the characters. Hessa spends so much of this story travelling, that we never really spend enough time with anyone in particular to form much of an attachment to them. There was one moment when she met Ogam – the god of winter – and they spent enough time together for me to think that he would be with her for the rest of the novel. But no, he had to go off on his own mission and therefore we lost the one connection that had a lot of potential to be built upon.
Overall, ''Hall of Smoke'' was a very enjoyable read and had a lot packed into it for a standalone fantasy novel. Further recommendations would be [[Skullsworn by Brian Staveley]], [[The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt]] and [[Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo]]
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