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Chargement... Gate Sinister (Sparks and Philtres Book 1) (édition 2023)par Tansy Rayner Roberts (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreGate Sinister par Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. How can you not love a book which has chapter titles like "In Which Miss Wednesday is Snubbed By a House"? This was a comfort read, despite it being a completely new story. I'm looking forward to the sequel coming out in April. This is definitely a look at an alternate Victorian England where fairies and magic were a part of the world, but there are enough name changes that it took me a little while to realize that it was actually an alternate version of our world and not a similar-but-different world (the way that the author's Teacup Magic books are similar-but-different). I enjoyed the book without the alternate world aspect playing a role at all; I was enjoying the story purely for the characters and story itself. It's not an entirely fluff story—there are deeper themes here if you choose to read into them. Themes of family and what makes up "family;" themes of debt and honor; themes of duty and equality. But those themes are woven into a fun romp of a fairy story, and the whole makes for a thoroughly enjoyable novella. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Disguised as a governess, the last fairy in Britannia infiltrates the household of the Gloucester family to fulfil a vital mission on behalf of her exiled people. On the run after offending the Royal family, two infamous magical engineers set out to commit the crime of the century on behalf of a wicked enchantress. For one night only, the Gate Sinister can be opened between worlds, clearing the way to the long-lost Forest of Arden. For one night only, all things are possible... The first in a new gaslamp fantasy series of novellas by the author of Tea & Sympathetic Magic and The Frost Fair Affair. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The prose is, unsurprisingly, beautiful and beguiling. The characters are fabulously realised, varied, and fascinating. The world-building shows through the cracks a bit much, hence my comment about set dressing / set up. And the plot felt like the prologue for something much bigger. It shouldn't have felt too thin, but somehow there wasn't enough of it to hold the story up, despite there being two main threads that come together in an unsurprising twist (I'm not entirely sure that there was meant to be a surprise; to some extent I think Tansy telegraphed several of the plots points with finesse).
Overall: solid fantasy, for those who like classically streamlined plots ( )