A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
Title: A Restless Truth
Author: Freya Marske
Publication Date: November 1, 2022
Audience: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Sub-Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
POV: Dual
Series: Trilogy
Format: Audiobook
—Narrator(s): Aysha Kala
4 ⭐ | 3🌶️
Pros:
✨Easy Read
✨Queer Representation
Cons:
✨Predictable Mystery
Synopsis
The most interesting things in Maud Blyth’s life have happened to her brother Robin, but she’s ready to …
*Blurb taken from The StoryGraph
Review
This review may contain spoilers.
It took me a moment to get into this one since we switched protagonists from the first book. By the end, though, I enjoyed Maud and Violet, and thought their dynamic was just as lovely as Edwin and Robin’s from the first novel. We didn’t build much on the magic system or the world in this installment, and while I normally love a locked door murder mystery, this hampered that concept by revealing the murderer early on. Then this became a weird cat and mouse, scavenger hunt type plot. It wasn’t my favorite and it dragged. I was also disappointed in the sex scenes because they didn’t feel important to the relationship or the characters’ development. They were just included to be included, which deviated from the first and third books in the trilogy. I did like these characters, but everything else was average and a bit of a let-down after the first book. Still, not a bad read!
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