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Serpent & Dove
by Shelby Mahurin
"Serpent & Dove" was in my FairyLoot box and I read it to get my mind off things. I didn't expect depth but I also didn't expect it to be this entertaining. (Blurb sounded really predictable and boring.) It was in some instances as funny and good as the "Throne of Glass" series, of course partly predictable. Our protagonist, Lou, is a witch, leading her hidden life in the city, trying not to be caught and burnt at the stake by the pseudo-Spanish-Inquisition in this sort-of-France. But of course everything changes when her only way to escape imprisonment means marrying a man of the church.
Usually I really hate this entire "arranged marriage" trope in fantasy novels (because I think it falsly romanticises and thus diminishes the reality of thousands of women and men having to marry a partner they did not want), but this was great fun. I also have a massive cold, so my standards aren't that high right now.
4 Stars, Fun!
Usually I really hate this entire "arranged marriage" trope in fantasy novels (because I think it falsly romanticises and thus diminishes the reality of thousands of women and men having to marry a partner they did not want), but this was great fun. I also have a massive cold, so my standards aren't that high right now.
4 Stars, Fun!