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A review by sparklefarm
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
4.0
Are you interested in lesbian trans fallen angels? Dragon kingdoms? Colonial conquest translated into fantasy wars? Then this book is for you.
I'm just really enjoying this world and will probably read everything de Bodard writes about it, just to live there as long as I can. (Not that I'd actually want to live there. It's cutthroat and ruthless.) But this book, just like Shattered Wings, is immediately immersive, without lengthy worldbuilding. It's even readable as a standalone. The cast of characters did feel unwieldy at times, but the main characters are vivid and well-crafted. What I think I loved most (and was most frustrating for me, a happy-ending-wanter) was how incredibly imperfect our characters were, with questionable intentions, but depicted in such a way that I felt incredibly drawn to them still.
Reading more immediately.
I'm just really enjoying this world and will probably read everything de Bodard writes about it, just to live there as long as I can. (Not that I'd actually want to live there. It's cutthroat and ruthless.) But this book, just like Shattered Wings, is immediately immersive, without lengthy worldbuilding. It's even readable as a standalone. The cast of characters did feel unwieldy at times, but the main characters are vivid and well-crafted. What I think I loved most (and was most frustrating for me, a happy-ending-wanter) was how incredibly imperfect our characters were, with questionable intentions, but depicted in such a way that I felt incredibly drawn to them still.
Reading more immediately.