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stephbookshine's review
5.0
Another great addition to the Schildmaid universe, this one filling in what happened to the remaining members of the team whilst the majority were off in Fundament (see The Fundamental Miri Mnene for THAT story).
This story focuses on the plight of the titular character, a victim of domestic abuse; ties up the mermaid-trading loose ends from Miri's tale; fleshes out Alice and Rakesha's characters a bit more; introduces us to the Virilicae and an interesting new character in Mr Baum; and foreshadows dark happenings in the rest of the saga...which is a whole lot to fit in under 100 pages!
And it's done with the usual humour, pop culture allusions and snappy dialogue that you come to expect from this author.
Eagerly anticipating the next novel...!
This story focuses on the plight of the titular character, a victim of domestic abuse; ties up the mermaid-trading loose ends from Miri's tale; fleshes out Alice and Rakesha's characters a bit more; introduces us to the Virilicae and an interesting new character in Mr Baum; and foreshadows dark happenings in the rest of the saga...which is a whole lot to fit in under 100 pages!
And it's done with the usual humour, pop culture allusions and snappy dialogue that you come to expect from this author.
Eagerly anticipating the next novel...!
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