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lightreads) wrote2023-12-19 11:09 am
lightreads) wrote2023-12-19 11:09 am
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A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
A Power Unbound
4/5. Conclusion to this trilogy of queer fantasy romance historicals. I was waiting for this one as the couple was signaled in a prior book and I was like yes, inject it into my veins.
And yes, the romance is great. They fight each other hard across a huge and painful class divide. But they’re also playful about it; they work out much of the messy tension of their relationship via blazing hot class-based sexy roleplay. Here for it.
The other plot stuff does, you know, plot things, which I didn’t care about as much and I also thought landed too thematically on the nose for a book about the power of class and the power of magic. But it’s still a great time, and I’ll still read probably anything she puts out.
Content notes: Passing mention of rape. Deeper discussions of grief and loss. Various forms of compulsion – magical and otherwise.
4/5. Conclusion to this trilogy of queer fantasy romance historicals. I was waiting for this one as the couple was signaled in a prior book and I was like yes, inject it into my veins.
And yes, the romance is great. They fight each other hard across a huge and painful class divide. But they’re also playful about it; they work out much of the messy tension of their relationship via blazing hot class-based sexy roleplay. Here for it.
The other plot stuff does, you know, plot things, which I didn’t care about as much and I also thought landed too thematically on the nose for a book about the power of class and the power of magic. But it’s still a great time, and I’ll still read probably anything she puts out.
Content notes: Passing mention of rape. Deeper discussions of grief and loss. Various forms of compulsion – magical and otherwise.