[NOVEL] Locked Tomb Trilogy by Tamsyn Muir (2019-2022)
Here is a trilogy of books that thrives entirely off the way the story is delivered. Each book has a separate protagonist that is extremely unreliable, and usually has the least information available to them to discern what is actually going on. This results in the reader having to piece together the world-building and general plot details, which is incredibly entertaining and engaging.
The world-building itself, which takes a very wacky approach to the concept of necromancy, is very good and pretty unique for something that is generally a well-trodden path in fantasy. It’s also extremely gross and has given me some really bizarre nightmares (I consider this to be a positive).
The thing that impressed me the most is how the writing improved from entry to entry. The first book’s protagonist continually spoke in Marvel-esque quips, which I thought was a little annoying and in any other novel would have got me to drop it. This is significantly toned down in the second and third novels, and in general I thought the quality of the prose absolutely sky-rocketed as the story progressed. I am eagerly awaiting the last (?) book in this series.