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A review by kailajay
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wrote this once and then while fiddling with my dates read, managed to delete it, so here goes:
I love this series, I find it a really fun and usually easy romp in a rich universe where the idea that Chaos = bad and Order = good is pushed as a fact of life- but isn't- and I stormed through the first 4 books of this series when I first read them, and again on re-reading.
And then I hit this one. The first where Kai and Irene aren't working directly and closely together, this book goes from the light dusting of politics that sometimes drives the plot to politics as the plot. The mystery is still interesting and while I wasn't astounded by the reveal, it still felt natural and like it was an uncovering.
Even though Irene and Kai finally do the do- in a complete fade to black that isn't by favourite, a tiny bit of spice would have been good after so much building up- they feel so much more distant in this book than they have before, even in books where Kai is literally absent for most of it. The end of the previous book seemed to have severed something.
I'm hopeful that the situation at the end of the book leads to this relationship going back to normal- I'll be reading it after I've finished my current in progress kindle book- and that the high level politics calm down for a while.
There are a lot of little bits of references here, that definitely make me intrigued for the next book/s in the series. I love seeing Vale in his natural habitat- solving a real mystery- and he's always fun to bounce off of Kai and Silver. Silver's return, along with the introduction of his Draconic counterpart in the mystery-solving gang, is also appreciated.
All in all, this was harder to read than the previous books in the series, but I still recommend it.
I love this series, I find it a really fun and usually easy romp in a rich universe where the idea that Chaos = bad and Order = good is pushed as a fact of life- but isn't- and I stormed through the first 4 books of this series when I first read them, and again on re-reading.
And then I hit this one. The first where Kai and Irene aren't working directly and closely together, this book goes from the light dusting of politics that sometimes drives the plot to politics as the plot. The mystery is still interesting and while I wasn't astounded by the reveal, it still felt natural and like it was an uncovering.
Even though Irene and Kai finally do the do- in a complete fade to black that isn't by favourite, a tiny bit of spice would have been good after so much building up- they feel so much more distant in this book than they have before, even in books where Kai is literally absent for most of it. The end of the previous book seemed to have severed something.
I'm hopeful that the situation at the end of the book leads to this relationship going back to normal- I'll be reading it after I've finished my current in progress kindle book- and that the high level politics calm down for a while.
There are a lot of little bits of references here, that definitely make me intrigued for the next book/s in the series. I love seeing Vale in his natural habitat- solving a real mystery- and he's always fun to bounce off of Kai and Silver. Silver's return, along with the introduction of his Draconic counterpart in the mystery-solving gang, is also appreciated.
All in all, this was harder to read than the previous books in the series, but I still recommend it.