A review by egelantier
Fairs' Point by Melissa Scott

4.0

finally gotten my hands on the third book! i love how quietly mundane astreiant novels are, in the way best procedurals are, all about frank russel's "legwork", slow patient work bringing the investigators to the slow careful results. and on top of it, astreiant itself, bustling matriarchal city with its astrologers and its rioting students and its dog races. and on top of it, rathe and eslingen and their quiet, respectful, loving relationship, and them being so achingly careful in exploring it, in feeling out each other's boundaries and trying not to overstep them. nothing groundbreaking, maybe, but so soothing; like fresh air.