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A Restless Truth
by Freya Marske
Not gonna lie, I was not expecting Maud to be a better character than both Robin or Edwin, but I absolutely love her. This book was a great continuation to A Marvellous Light, I feel as though I understand more of the magic system now, even as so many elements of this book/story disrupt the magic system as it is. The little asides, like Violet being told her finger cradling has picked up an American accent, delighted the everloving fuck out of me. I still prefer A Marvellous Light as a story, but that's just me being obsessed with their relationship, and I know that about myself.
The book is described as lesbian Knives Out on a boat, which is fair now, having read it. I was expecting more of a mystery than I got because I thought it would be that aspect of it, but it leaned more into the bumbling frantic nature of KO, which I also love. Maud was the perfect character to play it, and Violet was an incredible companion for her. I'm so beyond excited for the third book, esp if I'm right on who the next main character is gonna be.
One thing I will say I'd hoped this book would give that it really didn't is a more solid sense of the opposition and the risk, especially in who the players on the other side of the gambit were or their intentions with the Last Contract. We have Edwin's musings and fears of what might be possible with access to such a thing, but that doesn't feel like a good threat for me to rally behind. Likewise, the biggest bad so far, named in this book, was still absent from the book, so I still don't really feel like I know what they're up against? But none of this stopped me from WANTING to know more, from finding it an amazing read anyway, and from being absolutely feral for book 3. Now please, I shan't wait another day.
The book is described as lesbian Knives Out on a boat, which is fair now, having read it. I was expecting more of a mystery than I got because I thought it would be that aspect of it, but it leaned more into the bumbling frantic nature of KO, which I also love. Maud was the perfect character to play it, and Violet was an incredible companion for her. I'm so beyond excited for the third book, esp if I'm right on who the next main character is gonna be.
One thing I will say I'd hoped this book would give that it really didn't is a more solid sense of the opposition and the risk, especially in who the players on the other side of the gambit were or their intentions with the Last Contract. We have Edwin's musings and fears of what might be possible with access to such a thing, but that doesn't feel like a good threat for me to rally behind. Likewise, the biggest bad so far, named in this book, was still absent from the book, so I still don't really feel like I know what they're up against? But none of this stopped me from WANTING to know more, from finding it an amazing read anyway, and from being absolutely feral for book 3. Now please, I shan't wait another day.