Demon Daughter by Lois Mcmaster Bujold
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lightreadsDemon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold
4/5. Another novella in this series about the scholar and a demon sharing a body, fantasy theology follows. This one I liked more than many. It’s 100% clear how this is going to resolve from, like, 10% in, but the pleasure is in the getting there. A domestic tale, with further gentle exploration of this untraditional three-party marriage, and the unusual family-building that may result. There’s a dark echo, too, in a marriage which began in sexual slavery, and no longer is that, but is something uncomfortable and compromised, which flows through to the family building – and family sundering.
Content notes: References to offscreen miscarriage, attempted murder of a child, slavery
4/5. Another novella in this series about the scholar and a demon sharing a body, fantasy theology follows. This one I liked more than many. It’s 100% clear how this is going to resolve from, like, 10% in, but the pleasure is in the getting there. A domestic tale, with further gentle exploration of this untraditional three-party marriage, and the unusual family-building that may result. There’s a dark echo, too, in a marriage which began in sexual slavery, and no longer is that, but is something uncomfortable and compromised, which flows through to the family building – and family sundering.
Content notes: References to offscreen miscarriage, attempted murder of a child, slavery