{"id":2020,"date":"2018-02-28T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2018-02-27T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:00:15","slug":"review-penrics-fox-lois-mcmaster-bujold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/02\/28\/review-penrics-fox-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Penric&#8217;s Fox &#8211; Lois McMaster Bujold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38201741.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: Penric&#8217;s Fox &#8211; Lois McMaster Bujold\" title=\"Review: Penric&#8217;s Fox &#8211; Lois McMaster Bujold\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Penric's Fox<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/series\/penric-and-desdemona\/\">Penric and Desdemona #5<\/a> <br><strong>Also in this series:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/review-penrics-mission-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Penric\u2019s Mission<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/06\/30\/review-miras-last-dance-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Mira's Last Dance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/review-the-orphans-of-raspay-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">The Orphans of Raspay<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/subterranean-press\/\">Subterranean Press<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> February 28, 2018 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 200 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Some eight months after the events of <em>Penric and the Shaman<\/em>, Learned Penric, sorcerer and scholar, travels to Easthome, the capital of the Weald. There he again meets his friends Shaman Inglis and Locator Oswyl. When the body of a sorceress is found in the woods, Oswyl draws him into another investigation; they must all work together to uncover a mystery mixing magic, murder and the strange realities of Temple demons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Penrics-Fox-Lois-McMaster-Bujold\/dp\/1596068639\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/penrics-fox\/id1268961612?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/penrics-fox-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/1127171852?ean=9781596068636&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781596068636?aff=goodreads\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35961934-penric-s-fox\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/4stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0003_4-stars.png?fit=80%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"4 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/fantasy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0011_fantasy.png?fit=80%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"fantasy icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/mystery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0008_mystery.png?fit=80%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mystery icon\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-02-28T12:00:13+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nThis particular Penric &amp; 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uh &#8211; Learned *snicker* Penric of <em>Mira&#8217;s Last Dance<\/em> to this more innocent and somewhat more bumbling version. \u00a0And as always, Ms. Bujold approaches a new tangle in the World of the Five Gods with lots of wit and intelligence. \u00a0I suppose you could read this as a standalone, as I think there&#8217;s enough background given to get the gist of the story, but just do yourself a favor and read from the beginning. \u00a0If you&#8217;re a fan of smart, witty fantasy, you&#8217;ll be hooked.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><span title=\"Page 106\">Penric wondered if their Beasts had been matched to their persons in advance, or if the young shamans had taken on aspects of their possessions after acquiring them. 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Like a person and their god.<\/span><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><em><span title=\"Page 106\">Or their demon<\/span><\/em><span title=\"Page 106\">, Des put in, slyly.<\/span><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><em><span title=\"Page 106\">So what does that reveal about me?<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><em><span title=\"Page 106\">You possess the Bastard\u2019s own luck?<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><em><span title=\"Page 106\">Eee<\/span><\/em><span title=\"Page 106\"><em>.<\/em> And then wondered how literally true that\u00a0<\/span>might be.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\">This is essentially a basic murder mystery, but the Bujoldian tangle is that the murdered woman was a sorceress. \u00a0While it&#8217;s Oswyl&#8217;s job to investigate her murder, Penric is roped in to deal with all the little demonic details, like, oh, the small matter of where did the demon go after her host&#8217;s death? \u00a0Nothing makes sense, initially. \u00a0Learned Magal, while a grown woman, was a fairly new sorceress, \u00a0was well liked by pretty much everyone, and had no reason to be where she was found murdered. \u00a0But as they investigate more, the pieces start to fit together, and let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s a good thing that Penric is on the scene! \u00a0Besides the mystery, we also get a to meet more shamans, and get more insight into Penric&#8217;s relationship with the Princess-Archdivine, and a bunch of cute foxes. \u00a0Plus, more Oswyl, whom I simply adore. \u00a0I swear, I would read an entire series of just him solving cases!<\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\">As usual with Ms. Bujold&#8217;s work, highly recommended!<\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 106\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This particular Penric &amp; Desdemona novella jumps back to a little less than a year after my personal favorite of his novellas, Penric and the Shaman, so I was overjoyed to see Oswyl (the detective) and Inglis (the shaman) again. \u00a0It was a bit jarring to go from much more &#8211; uh &#8211; Learned *snicker*&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12,25,31,34],"book-tag":[161,172,158],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-4-stars","tag-fantasy","tag-mystery","tag-novella","book-author-lois-mcmaster-bujold","book-series-penric-and-desdemona","book-publisher-subterranean-press","book-genre-fantasy","book-source-netgalley","book-format-ebook","book-tag-4stars","book-tag-fantasy","book-tag-mystery"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38201741.jpg?fit=318%2C466","author_info":{"display_name":"ReadingLlama","author_link":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/author\/readingllama\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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