So, I really, really loved The Rook. I loved Myfanwy Thomas and I loved the Checquy. I had pretty high hopes for this sequel, and overall, it was pretty good. The overarching focus of Stiletto is the peace accords between the Checquy and the Grafters, who were the big bads in the first book. The narrative moves between Felicity Clements, a Pawn with the ability to read the past through inanimate objects, and Odette Leliefeld, who’s part of the Grafter delegation visiting London. Myfanwy shows up throughout […]
Outgunned, Outmanned, Outnumbered, Outplanned
Ahhhh, this book! Loved it, loved it. I picked it up after another Cannonballer reviewed it a couple months ago and the comment section was full of people gushing over it, and it did not disappoint. The Rook is the story of a woman who wakes up one day alone, surrounded by dead bodies, with no memory of who she is or how she got there. As it happens, there’s a letter in her pocket, written by the previous inhabitant of her body (Myfanwy Thomas–pronounced […]