Over Christmas Break I have spent time rereading Scythe and Thunderhead in preparation for reading The Toll. I also realized I had not blogged about either of them so....
In Scythe, Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch have been approached by Honorable Scythe Michael Faraday to become an apprentice to him. Scythes are to help keep the population in check. They have a quota to "glean" each year and should be compassionate about their gleaning. Faraday will train them in the the art of killcraft and ethics to prove which should become a scythe. Only one will be able to be one. The council pits them against each other and then Faraday self-gleans. They are then assigned to new scythes for apprentices. Rowan's is pretty much a pyschopath and Citra is assigned to a more compassionate scythe. I could go into way more, but just read it. You won't be sorry.
Thunderhead....
spoilers ahead
Citra is now Scythe Anastasia and Rowan has gone off grid as Scythe Lucifer. The cloud of conscience the Thunderhead is not allowed in scythe business, but he finds loopholes to help Citra and Scythe Curie to survive. There are a lot of moving pieces in this one. We are introduced to Greyson Tolliver, who the Thunderhead is trying to work though and find things out about the scythedom without breaking his laws/ vows. He makes him unsavory so that he can communicate with him through a Nimbus agent, but be "removed" from his unsavory persona of Slayd. Scythe Rand and Scythe Goddard show back up and topple the MidMerica conclave by vying for the High Blade position. As Citra cries for an inquest, she puts herself and Scythe Curie in a predicament they may not recover from....
The Toll....
Spoilers ahead
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I will say this last book, although intense, and a good closure, seemed to kind of wander around. It tries to cover three years since we last saw Rowan and Citra, but it bounces around so much I sometimes had trouble keeping up with where the time was. Was it right after Endura? Was it before Endura? Was it three years later? It took a lot of thinking....and inferring. In The Toll, Greyson is back and now the only one the Thunderhead is talking to. He is living with the Tonists that he previously stayed with and has become like a god. People come to get advice from him, which of course is coming from the Thunderhead. Goddard has taken over pretty much all of North Merica's scythedoms, except for Texas :) Ayn realizes she misses Tyger and wonders if she made a mistake bringing Goddard back (duh). Citra and Rowan are found at the bottom of the ocean and brought to Amazonia in secret, of course secrets don't last forever and soon Citra is on the run and Rowan is captured to be gleaned by Goddard. Lots of twists and turns and parts that are not revealed until near the end. Maybe you'll catch on quicker than I did though. LOVE THE SERIES. HIGHLY recommend. Last book I would definitely say is 8th and up for a few inferences in the physical way and a few strong language use.
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