THE FEMINISM - aka put a ring on it "I understand Miss Gentleman will venture to find herself a husband, and only desires assistance in gaining access to the best society.Essentially, Prunella spends the first half of the book as an obstinent young woman.
There was so much bowing and kowtowing, politic rhetoric and pleases-and-thank-yous that I just couldn't stand it. Why? Because the author is attempting to this pseudo old-timey British-Victorian language - super posh, formal and rigid.and good lord.
THE WRITING - aka are we there yet? No? What about now? She was no great reader, and her choice was written in so laborious a style that that she found herself rereading the same page several times, without absorbing any of the sense.It took AT LEAST four times as long to say anything in this book. There's so few YA books with people of color at the forefront and it has a strong female lead to boot. Nothing disgusted a thaumaturge so much as a witchHe visits what passes as a school for witches, and finds one far stronger than he ever expected.Įssentially - everyone hates Zarcharias but they hate Prunella Gentleman even more because she's dark AND she is a woman AND she's a insanely powerful witch. And there's one other reason to hate him. The magic is drying up and the Sorcerer Royal can't magically fix it. "We are a laughingstock - a nation of hundreds of enchanters, and nothing to enchant with."So there's another reason to hate Zarcharias. The nerve of him.ĭespite none of them (seemingly) owning slaves, they are pissed that he manages to conduct magic despite being so "inferior."Īnnnnnnnnnnd, then there's the other elephant in the room. Why? The new Sorcerer Royal, Zacharias Wythe, inherited the position based on his magic, talent and intellect.oh and he happens to be a former freed slave. The British elite conquest consist of magicians (called thaumaturges) who are racist, sexist and all have all sorts of petty, bullying behavior.
It's never a good sign when it takes well over 150 pgs to get the story not.
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