Daemons

This is a light hearted novella, playing with a few tropes and facts from previous books. I see it as a sort of parallel with another novella by the same author, To Trick a Trickster (and there are a few tie ins there too, but I won't spoil them), although it focuses on something else entirely. That one was more romantic, this one is like the planning of a heist.

As with all books by Susana that i've read, there is a bunch of philosophical/theological banter. In fact this book is mostly that, a dialogue between daemons (the gods' pets), though there are a few mysteries and twists within this, but again no details because spoilers.

Each chapter is more or less from the perspective of each character, and they do have very divergent perspectives (as one would assume not only from different characters, but from different animals of different natures). It is very insightful into the nature of these animals, and also a lot of fun. As a whole, the book adds a different and more playful dimension to the existing timelessness universe.

Lastly, the other aspect I really liked, and which is connected, is that it is very meta, as in, it deals with literature itself through itself. Again it's hard to say more without spoilers. This component was also very much present in Oublié, which this novella follows chronologically and ties into, but as that book is longer and darker and more serious, it is also dealt with in a very different way. In this one, it is done more playfully, which I liked. The key word is fun.

All in all, and as expected, another well written and original book by Susana.