A review by careythesixth
A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham

3.0

I did like this book a lot, but I found myself getting frustrated with some of the characters and some repetition in plot. This is the second book in Abraham's Long Price quartet and both of the first two books have centered on the most powerful men in the Khaiem falling in love with women who will destroy them. Both books center on the idea of conspiracy. Both were good stories and I hope that in the overall arc of the four books, everything makes sense. But I couldn't give this book more than three stars because I wanted to punch both Cehmai and Maati for being so dense. It took them forever to figure out what was going on. Of course, as a reader, I got to see what was going on in the antagonist's mind, but I think that her plotting was obvious even if I didn't have that benefit. Anyway, a good but at times frustrating read. The quartet is well worth continuing.