A review by raemelle
Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey

3.0

It took a little while for me to get into this book, so overall I’m giving it three stars. This is also because it still bugs me when the characters insist on going on and on about how down-to-earth or good they are. And how they manage to talk about “simple” things as if they are grateful for them - but then phrasing their so-called praise as if from the perspective of someone looking down on those things. (Such as Susanne and her way of both insulting and praising her small room after returning from the Front.) I think that’s what doesn’t work. If these characters truly didn’t care about status or class or having nice things, I don’t think they’d start describing things by first talking about what they lack before saying it’s better than what they’re used to. I think they’d just compare things to what they are used to. It’s written from the perspective of someone with privilege.