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A Restless Truth

Freya Marske

3.98 AVERAGE

cleanlydaisy214's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Maud Blyth (Robin's sister) has volunteered to serve as a companion to an old woman traveling on an ocean liner from the US back to the UK after Robin becomes embroiled in the magical conspiracy from the first book. After the untimely death of her employer, she enlists magician and actress Violet Debenham to help her solve the mystery. Along the way they forge new alliances and learn to trust each other.

Admittedly, I was a bit nervous at the outset of this novel. Initially both Maud and Violet rubbed me the wrong way for different reasons. Maud is sheltered and determined to step up and prove herself to her brother, which makes her reckless. Violet is outgoing but keeps her true self tightly contained, which made her POV frustrating to read at times, especially in comparison to Maud. I grew to like them both, and they experienced significant growth over the course of this novel (and the following one), but I do feel the strength of this book was the supporting cast alongside the romance.

I love a locked room mystery, and the ship was perfect for that. The conspiracy was a bit convoluted, and it would have been a bit more confusing if I hadn't just read the first book earlier that day, but overall I really enjoyed how this book was able to remained contained in itself AND fit in well to the overarching narrative.

deeity's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

thatsgreatalex's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lawrenceevalyn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

This was good airplane reading, except for the SCORCHING sex scenes. I think I would have enjoyed a little more plot/mystery and a little less sex, but it’s not the book’s fault that it’s literally a romance novel. Violet was a really compelling romantic lead— reminded me a lot of a good Irene Adler fic. I’ve already started the next one in the series and I’m looking forward to it.

anna2800's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

taylormbrannan91's review against another edition

5.0

Th sequel definitely lives up to the first book! I don’t really read mysteries all that often, but this was a delight! And I enjoyed the way Violet and Maude’s relationship blossomed.

the_aleksander's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! Honestly, Freya Marske has me full on invested in this series. I honestly don't have much to say besides I love her characters, I love the magical shenanigans, I love the queerness, and even the spicy scenes aren't cringeworthy (they often are in books, unfortunately). I really love how this book focused on Maude, because while I definitely liked book one as well, I liked that Maude was able to express emotions and view the world in a way wildly different than the men. I can't wait for book three in the fall!