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A review by kikiandarrowsfishshelf
Graveyard Dust by Barbara Hambly
4.0
If you like Star Wars, you need to read the afterword of this mystery. If Fever Season was a weakfish follow up, this book brings the series back. Loved characters return, and there is a remark about a marriage. It’s nice to see the return of Rose and the slow development of a relationship.
What is particularly enjoyable and outstanding about this book is January’s family. He and his sister Olympe represent what their mother was as opposed to his half sister who represents at least to his mother’s eyes, what she currently is. Tied up into this family are the effects of racism and slavery as well as being what people do not think you should be. January a doctor who really cannot practice and reverts back to piano playing, his sister who is free or is she, his mother who might be more human than she lets on.
Additionally, there is finer detail here, more sure touches than in the second one.
What is particularly enjoyable and outstanding about this book is January’s family. He and his sister Olympe represent what their mother was as opposed to his half sister who represents at least to his mother’s eyes, what she currently is. Tied up into this family are the effects of racism and slavery as well as being what people do not think you should be. January a doctor who really cannot practice and reverts back to piano playing, his sister who is free or is she, his mother who might be more human than she lets on.
Additionally, there is finer detail here, more sure touches than in the second one.