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Robin Hobb, Magali Villeneuve: Royal Assassin (Hardcover, 2020, HarperCollins Publishers) 4 stars

Young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, is ignored by all royalty …

I said of the first book, I do think it could be 10% better if it was 10% shorter. Unfortunately this one take that even furhter. Now at least every third paragraph feels like it's just repetition that adds nothing. So it could easily be 40% shorter and might be 50% better for it, I'll still give it 3 stars but it's close to a 2.