6/2/2023 0 Comments The true queen by zen cho![]() When Muna washes up on a beach after a terrible storm, she can only remember two things: Sakti is her twin sister, and they have both been cursed. But if you're yearning to dive back into politics and propriety, you might be a little disappointed.Ī Delightful Return to Cho's fantasy Regency If you miss the late, great DWJ, this would be a great choice. Finally it dawned on me that the narrator, Jenny Sterlin, also read the Wizard Howl books! That doubtless accounts for part of the remblance, but the fact remains that I never considered it with book 1. It was much less grounded in real human society, much more free-wheeling and fantastical (and some of the characters a little more arch and ridiculous). ![]() While listening to it, I kept being struck by how much it felt like a Diana Wynne Jones novel-Castles in the Air, one of the books in the Wizard Howl series, came particularly to mind. The second book focuses on a different set of characters. Race, class, gender and politics were as central to the story as sorcery. It had humor, action and magic, but all was anchored in a portrait of the strictures of 19th-century British society. The first book in this series, Sorcerer to the Crown, was very much a fantasy of manners. ![]() Part Sorcerer to the Crown, part Diana Wynne Jones ![]()
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