A review by quoththegirl
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

2.0

After three books of John Carter chasing after and attempting to rescue the oft-kidnapped Dejah Thoris, Burroughs decided to mix it up this time: Carthoris (the son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris who sounds like he was named after a Livejournal community shipping the two characters) chases after and attempts to rescue the oft-kidnapped Thuvia instead. Burroughs is like, I've got one plot line, and by George I'm going to keep reusing it until someone physically stops me. We still have no explanation of why John Carter doesn't age, so I'm guessing we never get one. Burroughs had used the frame narrative at the start of book three but didn't conclude with it, and he totally abandons it altogether for this installment.