07-02-2024, 01:30 PM
The House of Shattered Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
The Dominion series of novels are set in Paris where the wars in Heaven have caused havoc in the city leaving great houses run by magic wielding fallen angels in charge. Everything is rotten from the food to the houses themselves. There are always intrigues between the houses and in the houses themselves between the people therein. It's all very gothic and depressing. In Shattered thorns, Hawthorne house is trying to make an alliance with a mystic kingdom that lives below the Seine. But the kingdom below the Seine is currently involved in a civil war. People go missing. There is an addiction to Angel essence.
The book was a slog to get through. I was really glad when I didn't have to read it anymore.
The Dominion series of novels are set in Paris where the wars in Heaven have caused havoc in the city leaving great houses run by magic wielding fallen angels in charge. Everything is rotten from the food to the houses themselves. There are always intrigues between the houses and in the houses themselves between the people therein. It's all very gothic and depressing. In Shattered thorns, Hawthorne house is trying to make an alliance with a mystic kingdom that lives below the Seine. But the kingdom below the Seine is currently involved in a civil war. People go missing. There is an addiction to Angel essence.
The book was a slog to get through. I was really glad when I didn't have to read it anymore.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm