"I want what they have" and it's Palamedes and Camilla being soulmates, not in the romantic sense but in literally every other way.

Nona the Ninth is the third installation in the Locked Tomb series, and I can honestly say it might be my favorite one so far. I have my issues with the second book, but the third might have surpassed the first in terms of my favorite. I'm glad we finally addressed the worldbuilding backstory, and I was also excited just to see people who weren't from the Nine Houses.
Introducing yet another narrator, this part of the story features Nona - a young girl who wakes up in a body that's probably not hers. For some reason, this book didn't confuse me all that much? Admittedly, I had to do some Googling when I finished just to comprehend what the last chapter meant, but otherwise, I had a general idea of what was happening (unlike in Harrow). While I think I like the plot of the first book better, the last half of this book was incredibly done, and I really liked the pacing and how the plot twists were foreshadowed enough that they were believable. I kind of guessed them and then told myself I was wrong.
I absolutely adored the found families and the cast of this book. Nona is my favorite of the narrators by far, and I found her views of the world incredibly interesting. I loved seeing her relationship with the others, especially with Pyrrha as a parental figure. Camilla and Palamedes were predictably my favorites. I think they might have joined my Character Hall of Fame because their dynamic is just so good. They're making top 5 book duos right there. I also really liked Nona's friends from school, and I hope we get to see more of them in future books.
Nona the Ninth is the third book in the Locked Tomb series, and I think it might be the best one yet.

4.5/5