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A review by melanysocorro
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
5.0
One thing about me, I love a second book!
There's something so special about the second book in a trilogy, and it has nothing to do with the doom and gloom that is Second Book Syndrome. This book embodies all aspects of fun that I tend to associate with a second book within a trilogy. We follow Maud, Violet (magician), Alan (thief), and Hawthorn (aristocrat, former magician) aboard the Lyric as they attempt to recover the second part of the Last Contract in the most chaotic and wildly entertaining way possible.
Maud's self-awareness and overall demeanor were so incredibly refreshing in a protagonist. It was almost startling to relate to a character as much as I found myself relating to her. Her desire to make her loved ones proud, prove something to herself, and experience as much debauchery as possible in six days was truly nothing sort of relatable. Maud and Violet's relationship was a sparkling chaotic mess of need and painstaking accuracy. It was familiar, and so utterly real. They fought and they cared and they learned from one another in ways that escaped stereotypical hair braiding and reflected a more honest depiction of the sapphic experience.
Special mention for Ross and Hawthorn, their dynamic is a huge part of why I have reread this book an embarrassing amount of times. 10/10.
There's something so special about the second book in a trilogy, and it has nothing to do with the doom and gloom that is Second Book Syndrome. This book embodies all aspects of fun that I tend to associate with a second book within a trilogy. We follow Maud, Violet (magician), Alan (thief), and Hawthorn (aristocrat, former magician) aboard the Lyric as they attempt to recover the second part of the Last Contract in the most chaotic and wildly entertaining way possible.
Maud's self-awareness and overall demeanor were so incredibly refreshing in a protagonist. It was almost startling to relate to a character as much as I found myself relating to her. Her desire to make her loved ones proud, prove something to herself, and experience as much debauchery as possible in six days was truly nothing sort of relatable. Maud and Violet's relationship was a sparkling chaotic mess of need and painstaking accuracy. It was familiar, and so utterly real. They fought and they cared and they learned from one another in ways that escaped stereotypical hair braiding and reflected a more honest depiction of the sapphic experience.
Special mention for Ross and Hawthorn, their dynamic is a huge part of why I have reread this book an embarrassing amount of times. 10/10.