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The Court of Miracles
by Kester Grant
Paris in the wake of the failed July Rebellion of 1830 is a hard, cold place. No one knows it better than Nina. When her sister is sold to a brothel, she is determined to win her back, no matter what it takes.
Court of Miracles is a beautiful book. The language is amazing. The story is interesting.
So I hate to add a but, but...
This is a story of two halves. There's Nina's battle to protect Ettie, and Nina's battle to be part of the Court of Miracles. The Court is never explained in enough detail that I really understood it - why is this part afraid of that part? Why do all the groups seem to have several different names? - and the time skips made it hard to understand Nina and Ettie's relationships. They just really really love each other, ok?
I don't want it to seem like I didn't enjoy it! I really did. I loved all the links to Les Mis (can recite the musical by heart, never read the book) although the absences were a bit strange. Alzema is there, but Gavroche is not their brother? The Amis are there, but no Marius? Granted, as far as I can tell from the jumpy timeline, we're still a little before the time Marius should have met Cosette, but that didn't stop Enjolras or any of the others...
I'm very excited to see what happens in the rest of the trilogy. I won't spoil the ending of this one, but I wouldn't have been surprised to learn this was a one off. I'm so looking forward to immersing myself in this beautiful writing again.
Court of Miracles is a beautiful book. The language is amazing. The story is interesting.
So I hate to add a but, but...
This is a story of two halves. There's Nina's battle to protect Ettie, and Nina's battle to be part of the Court of Miracles. The Court is never explained in enough detail that I really understood it - why is this part afraid of that part? Why do all the groups seem to have several different names? - and the time skips made it hard to understand Nina and Ettie's relationships. They just really really love each other, ok?
I don't want it to seem like I didn't enjoy it! I really did. I loved all the links to Les Mis (can recite the musical by heart, never read the book) although the absences were a bit strange. Alzema is there, but Gavroche is not their brother? The Amis are there, but no Marius? Granted, as far as I can tell from the jumpy timeline, we're still a little before the time Marius should have met Cosette, but that didn't stop Enjolras or any of the others...
I'm very excited to see what happens in the rest of the trilogy. I won't spoil the ending of this one, but I wouldn't have been surprised to learn this was a one off. I'm so looking forward to immersing myself in this beautiful writing again.