This is such a good question; I had to really think about it. I THINK that at least one reason has to do with the higher stakes in Everfair than the Chambers book. Another reason is that the Wayfarer people only ever get it wrong quite briefly and then are schooled and come quickly back around to the path of righteousness and amity — whereas in Everfair, there are characters who get quite important things wrong for DECADES. And then a third thing, I guess, is that in Everfair, even when everyone is trying their best and being as kind as they can be, their interests still are not always in alignment, and conflicts still arise. So that was all just more interesting to me, I guess.

I’m sorry you didn’t like it as much! Different strokes!

I actually had sort of mixed feelings about The Just City, and I haven’t gotten around to the other two yet either. But I would read a sequel to Everfair, like, tomorrow. 😀

DO IT! I love that we’re getting more fantasy set in Africa these days; I can’t get enough of it!

It’s definitely more of an idea book than a character book — though with that said, I still did like the characters! Not enough to be sad when they died, but enough that I was curious what would happen to them.

Yayyyy I hope you enjoy it! It’s honestly so fascinating to discover the world she creates, and the book kept branching off in new (awesome) directions I wasn’t expecting.

EXCELLENT. Please report back when you have read it and let me know what you think. (I gotta keep refining that Janani-book-recs algorithm.)

I really recommend it! After having very mixed results on past steampunk reading, reading this was not only a super awesome steampunk reading experience in its own right, but also kind of made me want to read more and more and more steampunk. 😀