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A review by sistermagpie
At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon
3.0
I can't say this book didn't draw me in, since as I was getting to the end I missed my subway stop. But at the same time, I can't say it always worked for me. It takes place in an AU England where it's the even of WWII and something called "The Bloom" has happened--people have developed psychic abilities. The heroine has something called "The Spill" which makes people sometimes tell her secrets and she's recruited (and then volunteers without permission) to be a spy to stop an invasion by Germany.
The plot works well enough, but for me it takes a lot of reason to convince me that something as huge as WWII and espionage needs a fantasy aspect and this didn't really do it. Also I often found the different Talents, as they're called, frustratingly plot-device-y. It's the same problem I have with psychics solving mysteries. Rather than someone figuring out something organically they just get a flash through their psychic abilities--a flash that's just mysterious enough to not solve the whole mystery at once.
The plot works well enough, but for me it takes a lot of reason to convince me that something as huge as WWII and espionage needs a fantasy aspect and this didn't really do it. Also I often found the different Talents, as they're called, frustratingly plot-device-y. It's the same problem I have with psychics solving mysteries. Rather than someone figuring out something organically they just get a flash through their psychic abilities--a flash that's just mysterious enough to not solve the whole mystery at once.