{"id":1964,"date":"2024-08-31T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:03:07","slug":"even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=1964","title":{"rendered":"Even Though I Knew The End by C L Polk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/27947077\/book\/270545212\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/P\/125037510X.01._SX540_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a noir mystery set in the 1930s and involves a lesbian detective with some interesting magical skills. This book won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen made a Faustian deal and has lost her soul, as a result she has been kicked out of the magic order she and her brother were members of and is not on speaking terms with her brother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now her time is running out, she wants to spend it with her love, but an investigation turns into something bigger, with an unusual payoff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is well-written and an easy read, worth the time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a noir mystery set in the 1930s and involves a lesbian detective with some interesting magical skills. This book won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Helen made a Faustian deal and has lost her soul, as a result she has been kicked out of the magic order she and her brother were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[263],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-mystery","tag-c-l-polk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1965,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/1965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}