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A review by chocolatemeerkat
Carved from Stone and Dream by T. Frohock
5.0
This is one of the few times where I've been genuinely concerned if a character is going to make it out in the end. Which is almost silly since Diego and Miquel made it out alright in the the previous books but when you throw in the heightened tension of Franco and evil angels trying to kill everyone and you know Nazi's it cranks up the oh gods meter up quite a lot. The how will they make it out of this base, how will they make it out of Spain and to France. Will they be safe. It doesn't skimp on the details of how Franco came to power and the effects it had.
With saying that I absolutely loved this latest addition to the book I love how much Rafael has grown in this book but he is still a cocky teenager out to prove himself and that he still has to face the consequences of that. The war isnt leaving anyone unscathed in this.
I liked how Nico changed in this book and that he was more than just Jordi's lover that he was a scientist albeit one that did terrible terrible things.
I also liked how Diego was able to connect with his demonic nature and powers but not lose himself to feelings of pain and darkness that he was able to find the necessary balance he needed in this lifetime.
The relationships in this series are what gives it its backbone of queer found family and queerness in general with the French nefil queen and her lady consort. It is this casual queerness that is ever expanding with each book that makes me relish each page of this series. The relationship of Diego and Miquel is complex and fascinating and not an entirely smooth road which I like because they havent to work through the weight of 4 different past lives occasionally rearing their heads to throw a rench in things.
This series continues to impress me with its ferocity and also gentleness that characters can go through great trauma and come out the other end with their support network helping and holding them.
Hopefully everyone makes it through the war mostly in tact as we've reached the point before the invasion of France by the germans.
With saying that I absolutely loved this latest addition to the book I love how much Rafael has grown in this book but he is still a cocky teenager out to prove himself and that he still has to face the consequences of that. The war isnt leaving anyone unscathed in this.
I liked how Nico changed in this book and that he was more than just Jordi's lover that he was a scientist albeit one that did terrible terrible things.
I also liked how Diego was able to connect with his demonic nature and powers but not lose himself to feelings of pain and darkness that he was able to find the necessary balance he needed in this lifetime.
The relationships in this series are what gives it its backbone of queer found family and queerness in general with the French nefil queen and her lady consort. It is this casual queerness that is ever expanding with each book that makes me relish each page of this series. The relationship of Diego and Miquel is complex and fascinating and not an entirely smooth road which I like because they havent to work through the weight of 4 different past lives occasionally rearing their heads to throw a rench in things.
This series continues to impress me with its ferocity and also gentleness that characters can go through great trauma and come out the other end with their support network helping and holding them.
Hopefully everyone makes it through the war mostly in tact as we've reached the point before the invasion of France by the germans.