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Read in April (Catch Up Post!)

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Lorraine Posted in Read This Month .

I’ve previously said that March was the month in which I finally read all the comics I had out from the library. Yeah, that wasn’t strictly accurate. But I read some novels too – honest!

Read in April 01

John Constantine, Hellblazer, Volume 14: Good Intentions – Brian Azzarello et. al. Even for Hellblazer, this was dark. Constantine in America has never really worked for me, but this run sees him locked up in a maximum security prison. Nothing good happens – for or to anyone – but, man, is it a good read (that’s sadly let down by the poor interior art).

John Constantine, Hellblazer, Volume 15: Highwater – Brian Azzarello et. al. Can we take a minute to discuss the terrible cover art? So far in these collected volumes the cover art has been gorgeous (see Volume 14 for example) so what the fuck happened here? There’s some weird neo-Nazi stuff in here, and I remain unconvinced by the mere idea of John Constantine in the US of A, but it was a solid enough read.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 04: Original Sin – Brian Michael Bendis, Ed McGuinness & Valerio Schiti. Not having read a lot of Guardians of the Galaxy before, I had no idea about anything this volume referred back to. Cancerverse? Everyone died? No clue. And once that was all dealt with, the story moves on to Flash Thompson who I’ve never heard of before in my life. So that was all very confusing. But, hey, Venom was there and it turns out there’s a whole planet of Venoms so that was a bit fun. Which sums up my experience of this volume – confusing but a bit fun.

Guardians of the Galaxy, New Guard, Volume 01: Emperor Quill – Brian Michael Bendis & Valerio Schiti. I was vaguely aware that Kitty Pryde had been dating Peter Quill, but I didn’t realise it was still a thing. And I certainly didn’t realise she’d left the X-Men to go galavanting about the galaxy. And the Thing is there too, an initially confusing addition until you’re reminded that way back in the day he worked with experimental spacecraft. So, okay, two random characters and the remnants of the Guardians. Odd. There’s pretty much no set-up to the New Guard and the Spartax storyline is dull as dish water, but, hey, it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever read.

Read in April 02

Guardians of the Galaxy, New Guard, Volume 02: New Galactic Order – Brian Michael Bendis and Valerio Schiti. Hey, look, there’s Angela! And she’s up to stuff. Just like the rest of the Guardians. So Gamora decides to punch her. Obviously. And do you know something? I remember absolutely nothing else about this volume, so that’s probably not a good sign.

Marvel Universe Guardian’s of the Galaxy, Volume 03 – Joe Caramagna and Various. Even allowing for the fact that this is stills from a cartoon turned into a comic aimed at kids this was dreadful.

Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman. I’m going to say upfront that this book didn’t suit my mood when I read it, which is why I only gave it three stars on Goodreads. That said, it’s an excellent introduction to Norse myths and legends, split into stories that give us an overview of the Norse gods from their beginning to their end. Gaiman manages to keep all the characters and locations separate and distinct, and retells events in an almost lyrical way that harks back to the oral tradition that transmitted these stories in the first place. It would be a glorious thing to read aloud, I think.

Inhumanity – Matt Fraction, Olivier Coipel et. al. With the exception of Medusa’s excellent hair, I have no interest in the Inhumans. Marvel are determined to make me take an interest, but I’m not falling for it Marvel, and this volume hasn’t changed my mind. It has increased my interest in Spider-Girl though, who has an interesting arc in the middle of all the madness, so it wasn’t a totally wasted read.

Read in April 03

X-Men, The Hidden Years: Worlds Within Worlds! – John Byrne and Tom Palmer. I love these little pocketbook reprints. I’ve read so many storylines I would have missed otherwise thanks to them, and this is no exception. I’ve read a handful of Hidden Years issues before but nothing major. To be fair, I don’t think I was really missing out on anything but that’s not the point 😉 This volume features Polaris, a Dazzler who’s not the Dazzler and Kraven the Hunter (who I’ve only ever been able to take seriously in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl). So, something for everyone basically.

Earthling – Aisha Franz. A dark, melancholy look at the lives of two sisters and their mother, Earthling is beautifully illustrated but something about the writing never fully connected with me (which could be a translation issue).

All We Shall Know – Donal Ryan. <3 <3 <3 After reading his debut novel The Spinning Heart, Donal Ryan was catapulted into my favourite authors list. All We Shall Know has elements in common with The Spinning Heart – broken lives, broken dreams, a broken economy – and it’s just as good, if not better. Ryan takes a simple story (a woman carrying a child that’s not her husband’s) and drills down into it, revealing complicated characters that aren’t always sympathetic but who keep you turning the page compulsively. There’s a lot of sadness in All We Shall Know, and a lot of humour. There’s defiance and perseverance. And there’s the realisation that sometimes we can never really know everything about ourselves, never mind anyone else. Recommended!

Ink and Bone – Rachel Caine. Despite picking this up after reading some really good reviews of it, I was still surprised by how much I ended up loving it. I’ve been burned by a lot of books about books that people have raved about but that I ended up finding underwhelming. (Poor me, I know.) But this one? Take one part Egyptian mythology, one part steampunk, one part giant world-controlling library, one part revolution, one part heart-shattering scene that is about war and how awful and terrible and pointless it is, and, like, fifteen parts awesome and you have Ink and Bone. PLUS, it has LGBT representation which isn’t even blinked at/made a big deal of/noteworthy in the world the characters inhabit. If I could draw pink sparkly hearts around this review, I would.

Read in April 04

Paper and Fire – Rachel Caine. Luckily, having put off reading Ink and Bone for so long, I had the sequel available to dive right into. It’s almost like I planned it, right? To sum up Paper and Fire, I present to you the following sentence – THE WELSH ARE COMING!!!! Having previously lived in Wales (and in England), I have a lot of love for this storyline. But even if you totally don’t understand why it’s exciting in any way, Rachel Caine uses the advancing Welsh army to show us the horror and futility of war. She doesn’t mess around with it either. People die. Mistakes are made. Is there such a thing as a good guy? And all of that is really just a secondary plot. Although it’s not quite up to the standard of Ink and Bone, please imagine more pink sparkly hearts here.

The Women in the Walls – Amy Lukavics. And then there’s this book. This book gets no pink sparkly hearts. The Women in the Walls has a fantastic concept and a blurb that promises SO MUCH. Unfortunately, the characters (both main and secondary) are so painfully unbelievable that I still cringe thinking about it. The horror elements are all there but due to a few things (terrible characters, nonsensical activities, a truly underwhelming denouement) they never come together. Avoid.

The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black. I know a lot of people don’t enjoy Holly Black but I always find her spin on YA tropes entertaining as hell and The Darkest Part of the Forest is no exception. Hazel and Ben live in a town that’s unremarkable in every way. Oh, except for the guy in a glass coffin in the forest. And sure, sometimes tourists go missing, but tourists will be tourists, right? Probably best not to look into that one too deeply. Featuring a fairy prince, a knight errant, and a teenage girl who (bet you didn’t see this one coming) just might be more than meets the eye.

Read in April 05

The Lost Work of Will Eisner – Andrew Karl (ed.). A really well produced and researched book, but not one that I found particularly interesting.

The Rules of Civility – Amor Towles. Once I got over my judgemental disbelief at the main character being called Katey Kontent (I mean, c’mon), I raced through this tale of the roaring ’20s. I honestly don’t know what to say about this but click on the link, read the blurb and read it. You probably won’t regret it.

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend – Katarina Bivald. Let’s get this out of the way immediately – The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is not a believable book. The whole storyline is based on a series of events that are outlandish, to put it mildly. But it doesn’t matter because The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is so fucking charming my heart is clenching (with joy) just thinking about. Sara travels to America to meet her penpal Amy, but the welcome she receives isn’t quite what she expects. And then there are lots and lots of books, and awkwardness, and more books, and a romance, and a bookshop. If you’re looking for a fun, funny and charming book, look no further.

Read Last Week (25 September – 01 October)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Lorraine Posted in Read Last Week .

Authority – Jeff VanderMeer.

I don’t know why I waited so long to read this because aaaahhhhh!!!! In many ways, Authority is a completely different book to Annihilation. The focus moves from the mysterious Area X to the equally mysterious Southern Reach, the organisation charged with studying and containing Area X. But things start to unravel almost immediately. What do the people at Southern Reach really know about Area X? And what exactly happened to the last expedition they sent in? The further into the book we get, the more unsettling things become. Loved it!

Sex Criminals, Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky.

Sex Criminals, Volume 3: Three The Hard Way – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky.

I still don’t like Jon. At all. I felt that his mental health issues were dealt with really well, and his new therapist is pretty excellent, but it wasn’t enough to make me warm to him. I’m also not a massive fan of the sex police. The way ‘Kegelface’ is drawn bothers me (those eyebrows are disturbing), as does her outfit. I’m also not sure about the diversification of sex powers throughout these volumes. I don’t know man, there are a lot of things about Sex Criminals that I’m just not in to. What I do like though, is Suzie, Ana, and the amazing scene where Suzie confronts her prejudice towards sex workers, and apologises to Ana. I’ll pick up Volume 4 when it comes out, but to be honest, this isn’t a title that I’d particularly recommend to people.

Deadly Class, Volume 2: Kids of the Black Hole – Rick Remender, Wesley Craig & Lee Loughridge.

Deadly Class, Volume 3: The Snake Pit – Rick Remender, Wesley Craig & Lee Loughridge.

I have such mixed feelings about this series too. I feel like the underlying concept just doesn’t make a lot of sense. Hurrah for a school for assassins, but having kids from all sorts of criminal groups from across the world doesn’t seem like the best idea. What’s to stop them from killing each other on behalf of their families? We’re told that violence against fellow students is not allowed, but it happens all the time and no one ever gets punished. Plus, won’t their friendships affect their work later in life? So, yeah… Again, I’ll probably read more of this but it won’t make it on to the list of comics I recommend to other people.

Jupiter’s Circle, Volume 1 – Mark Millar, Wilfredo Torres & Davide Gianfelice.

A pretty solid prequel to Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle gives us a look into ‘The Union’ aka the super-powered parents being rebelled against in Jupiter’s Legacy. It’s the 1950s and being a superhero isn’t as straight-forward as it seems. There’s a pleasing diversity to the characters in this, and although The Union evolve into world leaders, we see them here at their most human. A decent read if you liked Jupiter’s Legacy, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary.

Black Science, Volume 1: How To Fall Forever – Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera & Dean White.

Black Science, Volume 2: Welcome, Nowhere – Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera & Dean White.

A scientist creates a device that will allow us to travel to alternate versions of Earth. His idea is that we can find the cure to cancer, the solution to water-shortages, and anything else we need, in these other Earths. Of course, things can’t be quite so simple. The device gets sabotaged. The scientist finds himself jumping at random through Earths that are nothing like he expected, accompanied by a team from his lab, his boss and his kids. And it’s fun! I’m looking forward to the next two volumes which are sitting on my shelf waiting to be read.

Read Last Week (28 August – 03 September)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Lorraine Posted in Read Last Week .

Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days – G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona.

Probably my favourite Ms. Marvel volume so far. Kamala gets sucked into wider Marvel Universe events, and does her best to keep her people safe. The theme of family is so strong in this, and it’s done so beautifully. It’s really refreshing to see a teenage character’s family be both flawed and supportive. Plus, she finally gets to meet Captain Marvel, a meeting which is caused by catastrophe but which serves to strengthen them both. I’m sorry to see this particular run come to an end, especially when it’s due to another of Marvel’s ridiculous ‘THIS EVENT WILL CHANGE THE MU FOREVER/FIVE MINUTES’, but this was definitely a strong note to end on.

Spider-Women, Volume 1 – Jason LaTour et. al.

There’s potential in this team-up of Spider-Woman, Spider-Gwen and Silk, but this volume which collects issues from various titles just didn’t really work for me. The set-up of Jessica Drew serving as a mentor for alternate universe Spider-Women is a good one. Jess is older and more experienced than both Spider-Gwen and Silk, and they have the potential to learn a lot from her. They also both have an easy camaraderie with her. The problem is that they don’t get on with each other, and I don’t know why. Cindy is weird, admittedly, a far less optimistic version of Kimmy Schmidt, but Gwen seems to have no empathy for what she’s been through. It’s probably explained in that dreadful Spider-Verse event the characters all met during, but I’m not going to subject myself to any more of that particular mess! So yeah, good characters, good set-up, so-so storytelling.

Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky.

In some ways, this takes a single joke and plays it for far too long, but I did enjoy it overall. When Suzie climaxes, time literally stops. The flashback sections that show us Suzie discovering her powers and trying to come to terms with them, were really well done, and the tone was deliciously wry. At a party she meets Jon, who turns out to have the same powers as her. For me, Jon’s flashbacks were a bit too crass. Fraction’s obviously trying to highlight the difference between how men and women view sex, but Jon’s flashbacks were too focused on porn for me. Jon’s also not a particularly likeable guy, which makes his relationship with Suzie and bit baffling. Suzie’s nice. She’s a good person, single-handedly trying to save the library she works in (are libraries in the USA not public buildings? This part of the story confused me a bit!). Part of her attraction to Jon is obviously finding out that they have the same ability to freeze time, but that doesn’t really explain why she goes along with his ridiculous plan to rob the bank he works at. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes, but I’m not in a particular rush to pick the next volume up.

Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen – Corinna Sara Bechko, Randy Green, Carmen Carnero & Andy Owens.

Laughably bad. It starts with Lara sitting in her office in the British Museum. Because why wouldn’t the British Museum employ one of the biggest cultural vandals of our times? She is also openly carrying a gun. Because that’s what British people do at work. Despite the strict gun laws, the strap a gun on their hips and wander into their job like it’s a-okay. The plot is weak, the characterisation is terrible, and the attention to detail is weak at best. Avoid!

Good Morning, Midnight – Lily Brooks-Dalton.

Despite dealing with a probable world-ending event, there’s a quietness about this book. Augustine refuses to be evacuated from an Arctic research centre and finds himself alone until he finds a child who appears to have been abandoned with him. Meanwhile, the crew of a spaceship on their way home from a mission to Jupiter, lose contact with Mission Control. The chapter’s change from Augustine’s point of view to the point of view of the crew of the Aether, with both sets of characters coming to realise that they cannot contact anyone on Earth, and beginning to fear the worst. The book is less about the apocalypse though, and more about human relationships. There’s a great deal of hope shot through everything, despite the terrible circumstances that all the characters find themselves in. Plus, look at that cover <3

Dark Matter – Blake Crouch.

A story split into three distinct sections, for me. The first section, the set-up, was a bit ho-hum – a man is abducted and forced to strip and step through a mysterious door. The next section deals with him trying to figure out what happened to him, and again, it was okay but nothing special. It’s the third section that made this book worth reading for me. This is where the sci-fi explodes out of the thriller, and where you finally start to care for the characters. At last! I loved the last third of the book. It was bonkers, and really very clever, and it made slogging through the first two thirds worth it.

Read in May 2016 (Catch Up Post!)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Lorraine Posted in Read This Month .

Read in May 01

Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer. For a slender book, this sure packed a lot in. Four unnamed scientists are sent into Area X, a quarantined area that suffered some kind of environmental disaster thirty years previously. And then shit gets weird. This was a fantastic mash-up of sci-fi and horror, and it ratcheted the tension right up until the end. I can’t wait to read the other two books in the trilogy. Definitely, definitely recommended!
Hellblazer, Volume 11: Last Man Standing – Paul Jenkins, Sean Phillips, Charles Adlard & Warren Pleece. The stand-alone stories in this volume felt a bit disjointed, but this was a decent, if not particularly memorable, read.
Hellblazer, Volume 12: How To Play With Fire – Paul Jenkins, Warren Pleece, Garth Ennis & John Higgins. Similar to Volume 11, but there were quite a few issues that I just flat out didn’t enjoy.
Low, Volume 2: Before the Dawn Burns Us – Rick Remender, Greg Tocchini & Dave McCaig. Look, I’m interested in the storyline of Stel trying to reach the Earth’s surface, and be the first human to do so in hundreds of years, but the rest of this is a distraction. When Low focuses on getting Stel to the surface, it works. When it tries to flesh out the under-sea world, it… fails is a bit harsh, but it definitely loses my interest. Plus, it could do with toning down the gratuitous female (and only ever female) nudity.

Read in May 02

Looking Glass Girl – Cathy Cassidy. I’m pretty sure that this is the first Cathy Cassidy book I’ve ever read. To be honest, although this was an interesting spin on Alice in Wonderland, and an okay read overall, it hasn’t inspired me to pick up any more of her work.
Alice-Miranda at Camp – Jacqueline Harvey. As much as I enjoy these books, I honestly couldn’t remember the plot of this one until I looked it up, so it’s maybe time to give them a bit of a rest. That said, I would still recommend it to junior readers without reservation.
The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore. I actually started this in December and only got around to finishing it in May. Shameful! Which is not to say that I didn’t like it, because I did. It was a really fun mix of insanity and humour, and I’ll definitely be picking up more of Christopher Moore’s books.
March – Geraldine Brooks. I have mixed feelings about this one. I’m not a massive fan of what it tries to add to the world of Little Women, but I enjoyed learning more about the American Civil War, which is something I know little about. It’s worth a read if you like Little Women, but you’ll need to keep in mind that it’s a very, very different type of book.

Read in May 03

Travelers Rest – Keith Lee Morris. According to Goodreads (where it actually only has a 2.5 star rating), this was my first five star read of the year. Yay! I LOVED this. Loved it, loved it, loved it. A family are forced to check into a hotel when the weather turns bad, and then things get creepy as fuck. Without meaning to, our four characters separate and find out in their own ways that they can’t quite seem to leave the town they’ve stumbled upon. Not a new idea, admittedly, and I was reminded of Silent Hill amongst other things, but it’s so well handled. A sense of unease runs through the book, and the more we find out about what’s happening, the less it makes sense. All of which I loved 😀
My True Love Gave To Me – Stephanie Perkins (ed.). A Christmas-themed YA short story collection. The opening story is the first piece of work by Rainbow Rowell I’ve read, and I have to say, I wasn’t particularly impressed. The whole thing was a bit blah, and it makes me worry about reading her longer works. The next story, by Kelly Link, I loved though. Which is weird because a lot of people on Goodreads seemed to hate it. It’s so good though – a nicely atmospheric but understated ghost story. And the rest of the stories were a mixed bag, with the Laini Taylor story standing out for some of the same reasons as the Kelly Link one. Overall, a good read, but not one I’d rush to reread every Christmas.
The Maker of Swans – Paraic O’Donnell. My second five star read of the year! I honestly thought that I was going to have to revise my star system on Goodreads because I hadn’t had a five star read, and then BOOM, two in one month. (I actually don’t enjoy giving books star ratings at all, but that’s a different story.) First of all, the cover is absolutely beautiful. Then we have the fact that Paraic O’Donnell is Irish, and I am both Irish and an O’Donnell, and it’s all starting to come together. Finally, the story is also excellent 😉 There is something strange about Mr. Crowe and his ward Clara, something that only reveals itself slowly over the course of the book in wonderful, lyrical, never-quite-giving-you-all-the-answers prose. Gothic, mysterious and marvellous.
Batman: Li’l Gotham, Volume 1 – Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs. This is probably the cutest thing I’ve ever read. Look at them there being tiny and adorable! It’s even made me quite like Batman himself, which is a difficult thing to do.

Read in May 04

Batman: Li’l Gotham, Volume 2 – Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs. See above.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Volume 2 – Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Samnee, Sara Pichelli & David Marquez. I’ve never been a huge fan of Spider-Man. I don’t find Peter Parker as amusing as I’m supposed to, which is a major problem. I’ve heard so much about Miles Morales though, that I couldn’t wait to pick this up. And I ended up loving it! This was a wonderful combination of a teenager trying to come to terms with new superpowers (and actually having to work his way up to defeating top level super-villains), and a surprisingly good crime story. I’m not usually one for the whole crime families thing, but it worked in this. Contrary as ever, my local library system bought this and not volume 1, but I’m hoping they’ll get it in eventually.
Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told – Dennis O’Neill et. al. This had the potential to be an amazing collection of stories, but it was ruined by the issues included from the 90s. Original Batgirl was awesome. She was focused, determined and kick-ass (she successfully ran for the Senate!). Then, the 90s came and it was decided to strip her of all of that and have her mince around the place promising that she wouldn’t do anything until Batman allowed her to. Which was total balls.
Civil War: Punisher War Journal – Matt Fraction et. al. There was potential in the Punisher showing Captain America how to fight dirty, but it was squandered quickly. Quite a rubbish read.

Read in May 05

Jessica’s Ghost – Andrew Norriss. On the surface, this is a book about a boy who can see a ghost. Underneath, it’s a nuanced look at depression in children and teenagers, and it’s just wonderful. Don’t let the terrible cover this got stuck with in the UK put you off, this is an excellent read. (Seriously though, look at how much better the German cover is. Even the American one is better and they’ve changed the title for some reason.)
A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt – Jean Lucey Pratt & Simon Garfield (ed.). I stumbled upon this book through a review in an e-mail Waterstones sent me. Sadly for Waterstones, I bypassed them and ordered it from the library. When it came, my heart sank because this book is HUGE, but my fears were unfounded as it turned out to be a surprisingly quick read, mostly because Jean Lucey Pratt is such an engaging diarist. She’s frank in her opinions, and it’s a joy to look so intimately into the life of a woman in the first half of the 20th Century. Recommended!
Anatomy of a Soldier – Harry Parker. This has been on my radar since before it was published, but I was a little worried about reading it as it had the potential to be just awful. Anatomy of a Soldier is the story of a British soldier told through forty five objects that he comes into contact with. And it’s fantastic. Seeing Tom’s story from the point of view of a helmet, for example, gives it a focus on the minutia that would be glossed over in a more traditional narrative. All of which serves to make it that more personal. I can’t recommend this enough.
Rebel Sisters – Marita Conlon-McKenna. Marita Conlon-McKenna’s Under the Hawthorn Tree trilogy was a massive part of my childhood. For a few years, I devoured everything she wrote and loved it all, so I was shocked at how poorly written this book was. Rebel Sisters gives a fictionalised account of the real life Gifford sisters and their parts in the 1916 Rising. The source material is absolutely fascinating, but the writing is bland, unengaging and flat. I know Conlon-McKenna can do better, so this was a massive disappointment.

The Paper Magician – Charlie M. Holmberg. I had my eye on this book because the cover is so excellent. The story sounded okay, but that cover was reason enough for me to want The Paper Magician! After reading it, I can say that I adored the world that this is set in. The system of magic is fascinating, and has so much potential. Unfortunately, I don’t think Holmberg’s writing was quite up to what she’d created. The characters sometimes fell a little bit flat, and the relationship between Ceony and Thane wasn’t given time to develop naturally. Still, I enjoyed it enough to pick up the next two volumes.
Lumberjanes, Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy – Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Waters & Brooke A. Allen. Stop what you’re doing and go buy or borrow this. I’m not even kidding. Lumberjanes is a fantastic celebration of female friendship, told quirkly and hilariously, and if you’ve not read it yet you’re missing out.
Ms. Marvel, Volume 3: Crushed – G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa & Elmo Bondoc. Three volumes in and I’m still loving this. Kamala continues to be awesome and Loki turns up, so it’s all good! (On a side note, I need to catch up with all the bullshit that’s happened with the Inhumans, because I keep seeing random mentions of some cataclysmic event and I am confused.)
The Glass Magician – Charlie M. Holmberg. I didn’t have a problem with Ceony doing all of the cooking in The Paper Magician, but in The Glass Magician, the idea of set domestic roles for women becomes a little hard to ignore. Which is odd because female magicians seem to be accepted by wider society rather than treated as women getting ideas above their station. Yeah… The relationship between Ceony and Thane still felt forced to me in this, but it was a decentish read overall. And I love the cover almost as much as the first one.

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