Huh.

[pyrephox]

I had not realized that Michelle Sagara and Michelle West were the same person, but now that I know, I can get it. The Chronicles of Elantra and the Sun Sword books both share fantastic world-building, and excellent character building. Elantra, honestly, avoids what eventually put the other series on 'pick up if I have a little extra money' rather than 'Buy. Now. BUY NOW' for me, because while the pace for the overreaching arc is slow, it's not glacial, and the interconnected plots are a bit simpler to follow. And now I see she has another trilogy, The Sundered. I must pick it up! She has a knack for writing books that manage to both sucker punch you in badwrong ways...and then make you glad she did.

And no, I /still/ can't read 'Hunter's Death' without whimpering. Why do you ask?