A review by readingwithkelsey
The Lark and the Wren by Mercedes Lackey

2.5

My reading experience with this really was a rollercoaster. The novel feels like it is a series of 3 novellas in one and I think the pacing felt so disjointed. The synopsis does not provide an accurate description of the novel at all; the ghost aspect of the novel is like the first 30 pages and does not have any real importance to the book imo. I got over that once our main character, Rune, started traveling and working in the city. Lackey provided some interesting discussions on gender representation, church control and class injustices through tax and tithes - I was surprised and impressed that this was what the novel was focusing on and I even started to really enjoy the novel. But then again, the story changed again and it became a love story. And then again, it became a separate political plot once they meet another character. I feel like each third of the novel could have been its own book and did not feel cohesive. I wish I could have enjoyed it more because that first third was stellar.