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The Kingdoms
by Natasha Pulley
Natasha Pulley is one of my favorite living fantasy authors at this point in time so I'm going to be fangirling a bit. As with her earlier books, this one is complex, weaving back and forth in time in a way that's sometimes confusing. It's also well researched and the characters are complex and vivid. The story is a convoluted mystery that somehow all comes together. Fantasy elements are what's needed for the story. Warning: human slavery (not specified by race but several enslaved people in the story are non-white or of mixed race); brief and necessary-to-the-plot but nasty references to torture.
Random things I love about this book:
The details of live on an early 19th century military sailing ship.
The frequent whiplash changes of a certain character's behavior that end up making sense in the end.
Pulley's detailed building of an alternate England ruled by France.
Pulley's continuing fondness for having at least one unusual pet in each story.
Joe's love for children.
A certain excellent young lieutenant serving under Kite.
Random things I love about this book:
The details of live on an early 19th century military sailing ship.
The frequent whiplash changes of a certain character's behavior that end up making sense in the end.
Pulley's detailed building of an alternate England ruled by France.
Pulley's continuing fondness for having at least one unusual pet in each story.
Joe's love for children.
A certain excellent young lieutenant serving under Kite.