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A review by lizshayne
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I am clearly not the right audience for this book.
Which, to be fair, irritates me because I don't...LIKE to think that I'm a pretentious little brat about historical accuracy. And I'm not.
Apparently I am a pretentious little brat about worldbuilding, though, and this book does not give a flying house about the logic of the world. It's a book that does not take very much seriously, which is not strictly a bad thing, except then it expects you to take the main characters and their concerns seriously. There's a lot of swashbuckling and thievery and assassin hire-ation and, again, not a bad thing, but no one in the book acts like it's remotely a problem or serious and then suddenly we're supposed to be concerned for the heroine? But why? Why have the rules suddenly changed?
Anyway, internal consistency people!
Which, to be fair, irritates me because I don't...LIKE to think that I'm a pretentious little brat about historical accuracy. And I'm not.
Apparently I am a pretentious little brat about worldbuilding, though, and this book does not give a flying house about the logic of the world. It's a book that does not take very much seriously, which is not strictly a bad thing, except then it expects you to take the main characters and their concerns seriously. There's a lot of swashbuckling and thievery and assassin hire-ation and, again, not a bad thing, but no one in the book acts like it's remotely a problem or serious and then suddenly we're supposed to be concerned for the heroine? But why? Why have the rules suddenly changed?
Anyway, internal consistency people!