Name: Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel #3)
Author: T. Kingfisher
Publisher: Orbit
Date published: April 2025
Genre: Fiction, adult, fantasy, romance, mystery
Pages: 288
Rating: 5/5
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works
among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's
investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession... until the day
when he's called to the river to examine the latest in a series of
mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force.
Galen is a
paladin of a dead god, lost to holiness and no longer entirely sane. He
has long since given up on any hope of love. But when the two men and a
brave gnole constable are drawn into the web of the mysterious killer,
it's Galen's job to protect Piper from the traps that await them.
He's just not sure if he can protect Piper from the most dangerous threat of all...
- From Goodreads.
This was another wonderful book in the Saint of Steel series, it still had the brilliant humorous writing style and intriguing mystery in the plot, along with a very compelling romance. I do like that, although each book has had a mystery in its plot, the structure of the plot has been different in each one, and I've always been surprised by how each mystery unfolds.
I loved the characters that we followed in this book, both Galen and Piper had their problems to work through, and it was good seeing them have to face their own demons and overcome them through the course of the book. I loved that their romance was quite sweet with how much they cared about each other and how much comfort they found in each other and I thought that was balanced well with their physical attraction to each other.
Earstripe was another great character, who was very funny at times but also had great depth and fit in well with the other two characters.
I'm intrigued by the overarching plot of the series, I like how it goes on in the background of each book and each book adds bits and pieces to the mystery, but none of them have completed the full picture yet. I'm definitely curious to see what will happen in the next book and how things will conclude when the series finishes.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this series, all the books so far have been a lot of fun and I haven't found anything to fault in any of them!
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