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A review by satashii
Fray by Rowenna Miller
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Picking up a bit after the first book, we see our main character Sophie becomes more entangled with her Prince. Life has not gotten less complicated with her elevation in status from paramour to fiancé and politics remain a central focus of the story.
As a middle part of a trilogy, I expected some dragging in the middle and it wasn’t too terrible. Sophie is an intersting POV to tell this revolutionary story through and quite different as a choice from other stories imo. Her brother makes a reappearance and the grief she feels from his betrayal is a major feature of her story throughout the books. I’m still not a fan of her brother but the biggest flaw of the story is that Theodore starts out vivid and intersting and then gradually felt more wooden and cookie cutter as the story went on. I’m not sure everyone will have this experience but I started suspiciously looking at other, secondary male characters as potential triangle love interests about halfway through because Theodore was beginning to be too one-note for me and I wondered if he and Sophie are going to last. The addition in the last half of the book of a military man was especially raising my eyebrow (and he’s much more interesting imho).
TL:DR I will be reading the third. I find the story compelling and an interesting take on revolution from a monarch to a more democratic society. I suspect tragedy awaits our characters given the setup for war at the end but I remain curious.
As a middle part of a trilogy, I expected some dragging in the middle and it wasn’t too terrible. Sophie is an intersting POV to tell this revolutionary story through and quite different as a choice from other stories imo.
TL:DR I will be reading the third. I find the story compelling and an interesting take on revolution from a monarch to a more democratic society. I suspect tragedy awaits our characters given the setup for war at the end but I remain curious.