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The Hurricane Wars
by Thea Guanzon
Despite the word war being in the title, this was more a book about political maneuvering and a study in “keep your enemies close.” But in this case the enemies are forced to marry, and in the endless wars of words and negotiations, they also fight against the idea that maybe there is more to the enemy at hand than they would like to acknowledge. Because confronting the idea that they might have something in common with each other is absolutely the worst.
The slow burning dance between hate and maybe-something-that’s-not-hate that happens between Alaric and Talasyn is one of the best examples of simmering tension that I have read in a long time. They are fundamentally at odds, on opposite sides of a war and both steadfast in their knowledge that they are on the side of right. Even though both are at the whims of others that hold the strings of power. Their sparring only highlights the notion that when you live with one version of events, that version is the only one that makes sense to be true. Everything else is a lie. Right?
Woven in the strands of this story of magic and war and wrangling for power is a cautionary tale of how easy it can be to hold onto the notion that there is only one right way to do things. And that you never truly know the whole story, especially as it’s being written by someone else and isn’t over yet.
I can’t wait for this world to continue. For Alaric and Talaysin to continue to grow into themselves, and maybe finally see that there can be many ways to end a war, and not just the one path you were put on by others and told to follow.
The slow burning dance between hate and maybe-something-that’s-not-hate that happens between Alaric and Talasyn is one of the best examples of simmering tension that I have read in a long time. They are fundamentally at odds, on opposite sides of a war and both steadfast in their knowledge that they are on the side of right. Even though both are at the whims of others that hold the strings of power. Their sparring only highlights the notion that when you live with one version of events, that version is the only one that makes sense to be true. Everything else is a lie. Right?
Woven in the strands of this story of magic and war and wrangling for power is a cautionary tale of how easy it can be to hold onto the notion that there is only one right way to do things. And that you never truly know the whole story, especially as it’s being written by someone else and isn’t over yet.
I can’t wait for this world to continue. For Alaric and Talaysin to continue to grow into themselves, and maybe finally see that there can be many ways to end a war, and not just the one path you were put on by others and told to follow.