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A review by poisonenvy
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I don't often reread books, and with a couple of exceptions, and when I do it's normally about once a decade. I read A Marvellous Light twice in a single month, which is unheard of, and have been resisting the temptation to read it a third time.
Which means when I got an ARC if A Restless Truth, I could not have been happier.
We shift our story from Robin and Edwin to Robin's younger sister, Maud Blyth, who has travelled to America to help Robin and Edwin in their quest to find The Last Contract. Unfortunately, her ship back to England barely manages to leave port before the woman she's bringing back with her is found dead, and Maud has to find help to help her solve the murder, the theft, and to unravel the mysteries of The Last Contract.
I had impossibly high expectations for this book, and it met every single one of them. I love the dynamic between the four main characters, and if the final book doesn't involve a team up of them + Robin and Edwin, I'm going to riot. There was a scene in this book that made me laugh so hard I had to put down the book until I could stop laughing.
There are at least two scenes that played out in my head exactly like scenes from the Titanic in a different context, and as someone who's watched The Titanic far more often than is probably healthy, it filled me with glee.
I loved all the characters in this book, I love Freya Marske's prose, the slow peeling back of lore and world-building, and the smut is also excellent.
I can't wait to get to hold the physical book in my hands in November.
Second Readthrough: November, 2022 I finally got my hands on the hardcover edition of this book, and wow. I still love it.
I do like A Marvellous Light a little better; there's something about A Marvellous Light that just makes me feel cozy and warm in a way that this one doesn't. But I do love it, and I cannot wait to reread it again.
And I especially can't wait for the third book in the series.
Third Readthrough: November 2023 First time reading this again since reading A Power Unbound. While this doesn't have quite as many "oh, gotcha" moments in the reread as A Marvellous Light does (which really heavily foreshadows the entire series; this one is mostly concerned with just itself), it still has enough to be exciting, and besides, this book is ridiculously fun no matter how many times I reread it. There will be more, I'm sure.
Which means when I got an ARC if A Restless Truth, I could not have been happier.
We shift our story from Robin and Edwin to Robin's younger sister, Maud Blyth, who has travelled to America to help Robin and Edwin in their quest to find The Last Contract. Unfortunately, her ship back to England barely manages to leave port before the woman she's bringing back with her is found dead, and Maud has to find help to help her solve the murder, the theft, and to unravel the mysteries of The Last Contract.
I had impossibly high expectations for this book, and it met every single one of them. I love the dynamic between the four main characters, and if the final book doesn't involve a team up of them + Robin and Edwin, I'm going to riot. There was a scene in this book that made me laugh so hard I had to put down the book until I could stop laughing.
There are at least two scenes that played out in my head exactly like scenes from the Titanic in a different context, and as someone who's watched The Titanic far more often than is probably healthy, it filled me with glee.
I loved all the characters in this book, I love Freya Marske's prose, the slow peeling back of lore and world-building, and the smut is also excellent.
I can't wait to get to hold the physical book in my hands in November.
Second Readthrough: November, 2022 I finally got my hands on the hardcover edition of this book, and wow. I still love it.
I do like A Marvellous Light a little better; there's something about A Marvellous Light that just makes me feel cozy and warm in a way that this one doesn't. But I do love it, and I cannot wait to reread it again.
And I especially can't wait for the third book in the series.
Third Readthrough: November 2023 First time reading this again since reading A Power Unbound. While this doesn't have quite as many "oh, gotcha" moments in the reread as A Marvellous Light does (which really heavily foreshadows the entire series; this one is mostly concerned with just itself), it still has enough to be exciting, and besides, this book is ridiculously fun no matter how many times I reread it. There will be more, I'm sure.