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alannajane 's review for:
Brigands & Breadknives
by Travis Baldree
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4 cozy stars
Audiobook is surprisingly well read by the author.
Normally, I avoid all works written by cishet white men. Often, they are too needlessly violent and/or reek of the unacknowledged privilege with which they manage their own worlds - the capitalistic, mysogynistic, ableist, racist, patriarchy leaks into any world they build. This series is my first pleasant surprise in a very long while. And while it isn't perfect, I am very glad that I gave this series a shot.
And while the prequel was a nice, cozy, queer fantasy that made a nice 3-star palette cleanser, I enjoyed this book soooo much better. Here, Fern the bookseller has a crisis of identity and runs away from her new life (that was supposed to have fixed everything) and sets out on a mad adventure with some truly outrageous women, hoping to find her own purpose along the way. There is much more mad dashing about, and also loads more personal development. Truly, this one might have almost universal appeal. It's a heroine's journey to the letter, with all the requisite foibles and feels.
Huge gratitude to Netgalley and the publisher, Macmillan Audio, for an Audio-ARC of this book, in exchange for my truly honest review,
Audiobook is surprisingly well read by the author.
Normally, I avoid all works written by cishet white men. Often, they are too needlessly violent and/or reek of the unacknowledged privilege with which they manage their own worlds - the capitalistic, mysogynistic, ableist, racist, patriarchy leaks into any world they build. This series is my first pleasant surprise in a very long while. And while it isn't perfect, I am very glad that I gave this series a shot.
And while the prequel was a nice, cozy, queer fantasy that made a nice 3-star palette cleanser, I enjoyed this book soooo much better. Here, Fern the bookseller has a crisis of identity and runs away from her new life (that was supposed to have fixed everything) and sets out on a mad adventure with some truly outrageous women, hoping to find her own purpose along the way. There is much more mad dashing about, and also loads more personal development. Truly, this one might have almost universal appeal. It's a heroine's journey to the letter, with all the requisite foibles and feels.
Huge gratitude to Netgalley and the publisher, Macmillan Audio, for an Audio-ARC of this book, in exchange for my truly honest review,