A review by wodime
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

2.0

extremely disappointing sequel :( doesn't work as a victory lap for swordspoint, and doesn't remotely stick the landing as a sequel in its own right either. pair that with awful pacing, awful structure, and trying so hard to have Themes that it ends up being about nothing... yikes. all that, AND this book has some of the most clunkingly awful sex stuff i've ever read??? bad enough how much age-gap stuff comes up, seemingly without comment, and even worse that throughout it all, katherine is written like she's twelve rather than sixteen. agonising.

two stars for the middle-aged men in love, though. yaoi <3