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The True Queen by Zen Cho
Mar. 31st, 2019 09:12 pmThe True Queen
3/5. Sequel to her Sorcerer to the Crown. Amnesiac Malaysian sisters need to go to magical regency Britain to deal with a curse; they get entangled in deeply complicated faerie politics.
I had the same reaction to this as to the previous book: I found it delightful in its elements, but unsatisfying in its whole. And I can't figure out why? It's doing all sorts of things I like – sisters and loving difficult people and dealing lightly but not shallowly with the realities of being a person of color in Britain at this time, oh, and there's a cute lesbian romance. But somehow I don't finish these books and sigh in contentment? I just smile vaguely and think about how that one bit was entertaining, and wasn't it charming when.
Still worth reading, because the elements are that charming. Worth it for the dragons alone.
3/5. Sequel to her Sorcerer to the Crown. Amnesiac Malaysian sisters need to go to magical regency Britain to deal with a curse; they get entangled in deeply complicated faerie politics.
I had the same reaction to this as to the previous book: I found it delightful in its elements, but unsatisfying in its whole. And I can't figure out why? It's doing all sorts of things I like – sisters and loving difficult people and dealing lightly but not shallowly with the realities of being a person of color in Britain at this time, oh, and there's a cute lesbian romance. But somehow I don't finish these books and sigh in contentment? I just smile vaguely and think about how that one bit was entertaining, and wasn't it charming when.
Still worth reading, because the elements are that charming. Worth it for the dragons alone.