I love that this book had a completely different feel to the previous two. This novella series is all set in a fantasy world called Aedaron, but each book follows different groups of characters in different stories. I can't help it! I'm addicted! Best Left In The Shadows is the third book in An Echo of the Ascended and my third book in three days. Overall, I'd recommend this fun, short story. I was surprised and pleased by their depiction of a brothel, which focused on the people, not their sexual appeal. There was a fair amount of bad language (half of it relating to excrement and the other half cursing words). I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading future stories in the Alys series. The fantasy world was reasonably well developed for a short story, and I could always follow what was going on even though I was unfamiliar with this world. The characters were interesting, varied, and played well off each other. They ask questions, follow clues, and unravel the truth. Both can fight well, and they get the chance to do it. They're an interesting contrast to each other-one is idealistic, the other very practical. He's guided around by a low-born gal with whom he has a romantic past. A well-born girl is found dead in the slum area, so a well-born magistrate comes looking for answers. "Best Left in the Shadows" is a short story-a fantasy that contains a mystery.
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