Nona The Ninth (Locked Tomb III), by Tamsyn Muir

A Thing I’ve (re-)Read 17/2025: Nona The Ninth (Locked Tomb III), by Tamsyn Muir

The story of A— in the body of H— following the events of second book, the story of the last few days in the life of Nona and her “family” of Camilla, Palamedes and Pyrrha trying to figure out who she is, and why, and of some other people of comparatively little importance. To Nona, that is.

Compared to other Locked Tomb novels this is (mostly) a light, fluffy story, and just like the other books it is A Lot less confusing on a second read. It also contains one of Gideon’s greatest lines.

I’ll have to repeat myself however: ALECTO WHEN!?

The cover of Nona The Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir It shows in front of a space-y background with a blue nebula and a planet or moon the titular character, a slim woman with long black hair and golden eyes. She wears a dark t-shirt with a print and an oversized jacket falling from her shoulders. Nona is framed on the left by the six-legged dog Noodle and on her right by a skeleton.

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