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Thanks to the recommendation of this forum, I've finally got around to reading Lies and I've just finished Red Seas, and I loved them both. I agree with pretty much everyone that Lies was a stronger, tighter book. I still really liked Red Seas, but it did feel like Scott Lynch had 2 really cool ideas and mushed them together, instead of focusing 1 book on a casino heist and 1 book on pirate adventures on the high seas. I really love the setting he's created, Lynch has definite talent in world-building. One thing that has struck me is how predictable his books have seemed to me, only for him to pull a twist that blows my assumptions out of the water. For example I was certain that the Gray King was Locke's father. In the book, Locke has his first meeting with the Gray King and notices something familiar about his face, and then in the very next flashback he admits to Jean that he doesn't know where/who his father is and may not be an orphan. I rolled my eyes because it seemed obvious and was surprised by the real twist. I also thought that since the sequel was about adventures on the high seas the Gray King would escape by the end of Lies and that Red Seas would be about Locke and Jean chasing him down for revenge. One thing that was spoiled for me was the deaths of Calo, Galdo and Bug. An advertisement in the back of my copy of Lies said "Read the continuing adventures of Locke and Jean in 'Red Seas'", so pretty early on I realized that all the Gentlemen Bastards wouldn't make it to the end of the book. You would think the publishers (or whoever puts those adverts at the end) would be smarter than to spoil the plot, when they so easily could have said 'the further adventures of the Gentlemen Bastards'. I didn't see Ezri's death coming though. I was hoping that book 3 would be Locke, Jean, and adding a kickass pirate chick to round out the group. I liked Jean having his moment of romance and didn't want it to end, especially since there seems to be so much Gods-drat drama surrounding Locke's lovelife. But overall I am very happy to find another good on-going fantasy series to force on my friends and family. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on Republic of Thieves!
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