The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett

 

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is the first book in the Shadow of the Leviathan series.

Started: April 2, 2024
Completed: April 7, 2024
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: I really enjoyed the Foundry series

Words for which I sought help:

thurible -- a metal censer that is suspended from chains and used to burn incense during religious services.

Review:

Bennett is an awesome writer.  It is hard not to be drawn into his books.  I truly enjoyed the mystery in this one and loved the mechanism used to both reveal the world and address the brilliant investigator.  World elements were cleanly introduced in gradual paragraphs so that by the end of the book the cooky characters, blindingly different world, and foreign vocabulary seemed natural and appropriate.  Wonderful.