A review by fadeintodawn
Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey

2.0

Like all of Lackey's Elemental Masters series, this was a fun and fast read. I'm not familiar with the original fairy tale, which made the plot unpredictable and fresh. The characters are appealing, and some old favorites turn up as well. Unfortunately, the new characters were less fleshed out than in the other novels. The pacing was a bit strange and uneven, as well, and I got very tired of a few phrases ("blunt Yorkshire stock"). The scenes set on the front lines of WWI were a good change from other books in the series, which have explored the tensions before the war and the after-effects, but avoided showing the conflict directly.