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A review by jaironside
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
5.0
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I probably did not get the full impact out of this book since I haven't yet read book 1 (sonething I will rectify) so I am coming at this a bit out of order. That said picking up the storybin the middle in no way damped my enthusiasm and enjoyment of this book. I love the world building and mythology. Madeleine and Phillippe are great characters and the narrative was character cyntric with sharp, elegant and sensory prose. The nasty aspects pulled no.punches either. In all this was an unusual book in the fantasy genre and a great take on angel fiction which can be rather twee but certainly wasn't here. Will get the seties in order and reread ready for book 3!
I probably did not get the full impact out of this book since I haven't yet read book 1 (sonething I will rectify) so I am coming at this a bit out of order. That said picking up the storybin the middle in no way damped my enthusiasm and enjoyment of this book. I love the world building and mythology. Madeleine and Phillippe are great characters and the narrative was character cyntric with sharp, elegant and sensory prose. The nasty aspects pulled no.punches either. In all this was an unusual book in the fantasy genre and a great take on angel fiction which can be rather twee but certainly wasn't here. Will get the seties in order and reread ready for book 3!