A review by elthechameleon
A Sweet, Bitter Poison by Jenna Glass

fast-paced
It's awful reading this book after Women's War. I always thought that the divorce between Brynna and Aaltyn was a bitter conclusion to a political marriage. Finding out that they truly loved one another and that Brynna forced the divorce makes this book much...darker. I don't know how I feel about the visions in this book being treated as fate. Perhaps something will happen with the female deity in the final book to make this easier to swallow. 

Even if I disregarded that fatalistic aspect, Brynna's choice to enter the Abbey makes much more sense when one learns of her sister, Marly's, suicide when faced with an unwanted marriage. She lived her life with a sense of self-sacrifice for greater womankind.


I will say, while I enjoy the female fantasy and the spotlight on older women, the violence in these books, especially the scenes at the Market at the Abbey, feels gratuitous at certain times. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings