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A review by jedbird
Corambis by Katherine Addison
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The brothers travel to a new city where Felix is meant to submit himself to the local magicians who I guess are supposed to make him behave/not kill anyone else. Mildmay is following Felix like a dog, which seems to be his lot at this point in the narrative. We get a new POV in Kay, a (former) margrave who lost his military leader/unrequited love in a failed magical engine ritual that left him blind.
A lot of things happen. Felix makes an unexpected, brief, and I felt unlikely return to prostitution which goes disastrously wrong, though it does point to the power of ritual. Felix becomes a popular university professor, because of course he does.
Mildmay limps, and that's about all he does.
After a lifetime of being a man of action, Kay has to get used to being blind. Kay's brother-in-law wants to marry him off to a widow, though Kay is gay. It wasn't clear to me who knew and who didn't, or whether the brother-in-law or future wife would care. The society seemed reasonably tolerant.
The botched magical military maneuver continues to affect the land, the grazing animals, and the population. Felix attempts to counteract the previous ritual andseriously, I have no idea what happened. It was brief, unexplained, and apparently successful .
The brothers, along with Kay, are moving to a new location with a lighthouse. Sure. Okay. I'd totally read another book in this series, but I wish Mildmay would get back some of his earlier spark. I wish Felix would have maybe a little less charisma and a little more common sense and consideration. I liked this book less because I knew it was the end of the series and none of that is going to happen in a future book.
A lot of things happen. Felix makes an unexpected, brief, and I felt unlikely return to prostitution which goes disastrously wrong, though it does point to the power of ritual. Felix becomes a popular university professor, because of course he does.
Mildmay limps, and that's about all he does.
After a lifetime of being a man of action, Kay has to get used to being blind. Kay's brother-in-law wants to marry him off to a widow, though Kay is gay. It wasn't clear to me who knew and who didn't, or whether the brother-in-law or future wife would care. The society seemed reasonably tolerant.
The botched magical military maneuver continues to affect the land, the grazing animals, and the population. Felix attempts to counteract the previous ritual and
The brothers, along with Kay, are moving to a new location with a lighthouse. Sure. Okay. I'd totally read another book in this series, but I wish Mildmay would get back some of his earlier spark. I wish Felix would have maybe a little less charisma and a little more common sense and consideration. I liked this book less because I knew it was the end of the series and none of that is going to happen in a future book.