wednesday books

[landofnowhere]

Confounding Oaths, Alexis Hall. I didn't like this quite as much as Mortal Follies, but there were still fun Regency faerie hijinks! I think part of the problem was that my favorite character, Miss Bickle, who is silly and sentimental but imaginative in a way that makes her helpful as an ally when dealing with fairies (and who has also single-handedly invented fanfiction) was less central to the plot. Also this book is set right after Napoleon's return from Elba, which had me at first viewing all the military characters without obvious plot armor as potential redshirts who will die at Waterloo, but no, this is not that sort of story. I am very interested in where this series goes next (Puck-as-narrator drops a hint about future adventures with Byron in Greece) and what's up with Puck's long term arc as narrator, but there's no information out yet about future books!

Lake of Souls, Ann Leckie. Short stories. I think I prefer Leckie at novel length, when I have time to really get immersed in the world. Of the ones I've read so far I think She Commands Me and I Obey made the strongest impression on me, but also I had to start it over halfway through because I couldn't keep the names straight.

Comments

[landingtree]

I just started Confounding Oaths, having seen you mention it but not realised it was a sequel! Puck has already told me off for not buying book one and doing my part to support his existence in the mortal world.

[landofnowhere]

I think it should work as a standalone, except for the occasional moments when Puck will tell you that something would make more sense if you had only read book 1 :-) Curious to hear what you think!