The Flaws of Gravity starts off with a punch (quite literally), and doesn’t let up on the action until the very last pages. If you’re a fan of action adventure in your urban fantasy novels, then this is the book for you!
Caye has come up with a unique idea, and the execution is quite flawless. She’s created a unique interpretation of the world of Faeries, and the reader is parceled out information on a need to know basis. There’s no information dumping, and the background information is nicely paced out among the action.
The book is primarily told through Jude’s point of view, in the first person, but we also get a few other regular POV chapters written in the third person. It wasn’t at all hard to follow, and their chapters provided much-needed information on what else is going on, as well as the motivations of characters other than Jude.
Jude is a snarky and tough protagonist. She’s a little morally grey, and she has regrets and dreams–in summation, she’s a well-rounded protagonist. I loved pretty much everything about her–from the hilariously rude things she sometimes says, to her fascinating ability to manipulate gravity.
I mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again–this book is very fast paced. It reads like an action movie. There’s hardly any downtime between fight scenes before there’s another bad guy’s butt to kick.
I also want to add that the novel is set in Canada, starting off in Toronto, with the protagonists heading to other parts of Ontario and even Quebec. I loved all the local references, particularly mentions of the 401 and other landmarks.
