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A review by drey72
The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis
4.0
The Good Luck Girls’ adventure continues in The Sisters of Reckoning, where escape wasn’t the only goal, freedom is. For every other good luck girl in Arketta, as well as all dustbloods.
Aster stays with the Lady Ghosts, working through the painfully slow processes to help individual girls escape. But she’s frustrated by the pace at which they’re working, which isn’t wrong. As stories of her group’s escape and escapades travel, other dustbloods are inspired to rebel – prompting those in power to come up with even more onerous and stringent rules. When one of them is to start the Good Luck Girls’ “lucky night” at age thirteen, Aster sees red. And departs on her own mission to burn down every single welcome house in Arketta.
The Sisters of Reckoning is more Aster’s story than the group camaraderie we got with The Good Luck Girls (even if Clem, Mallow, Tansy, and Zee come back to help foment rebellion). She’s working with the Scorpions, dreams up an audacious plan, gets the Lady Ghosts’ participation, and soon Arketta’s landowners are railing – and quaking – at her name.
What I like about Aster is that she’s not perfect, and she knows it. And I like that she’s not coddled when she’s not perfect. I also like that she figures out that it’s ok to be her and not who others expect her to be. All in all, I quite enjoyed The Sisters of Reckoning, and look forward to reading more from Davis.
drey’s rating: Excellent!
Aster stays with the Lady Ghosts, working through the painfully slow processes to help individual girls escape. But she’s frustrated by the pace at which they’re working, which isn’t wrong. As stories of her group’s escape and escapades travel, other dustbloods are inspired to rebel – prompting those in power to come up with even more onerous and stringent rules. When one of them is to start the Good Luck Girls’ “lucky night” at age thirteen, Aster sees red. And departs on her own mission to burn down every single welcome house in Arketta.
The Sisters of Reckoning is more Aster’s story than the group camaraderie we got with The Good Luck Girls (even if Clem, Mallow, Tansy, and Zee come back to help foment rebellion). She’s working with the Scorpions, dreams up an audacious plan, gets the Lady Ghosts’ participation, and soon Arketta’s landowners are railing – and quaking – at her name.
What I like about Aster is that she’s not perfect, and she knows it. And I like that she’s not coddled when she’s not perfect. I also like that she figures out that it’s ok to be her and not who others expect her to be. All in all, I quite enjoyed The Sisters of Reckoning, and look forward to reading more from Davis.
drey’s rating: Excellent!