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A review by analenegrace
Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Thanks so much to the publisher and Netgalley for an e-arc of this book.
Alexis Hall is a must-read, must-buy author for me. In this series, he takes bolder chances and tries things out in his writing style. While this wasn't my favorite of his recent publications, I still loved his signature humor and how he wrote the narration of this book.
In Mortal Follies, the characters and their story were my favorite part, but in this one, I was much more intrigued by our narrator (the fairy from A Midsummer Night's Dream) and his adventures throughout the moral world. He's flitting between all of our characters here and offering hilarious and interesting quotes like "history is won by the writers," which I thought was quite profound for a romantasy!
This book was very plot-focused with less focus on our characters' romance, which was fairly easy as historical gay interracial romances go. There was a lot going on with the fairies, and the wishes, and the sword fights (a LOT of sword fights)! I had some trouble telling our characters apart since we were dealing with a family, particularly with Mary and Anne.
I think Hall is doing some very exciting things with his work, and I'm always looking forward to more!!!
Alexis Hall is a must-read, must-buy author for me. In this series, he takes bolder chances and tries things out in his writing style. While this wasn't my favorite of his recent publications, I still loved his signature humor and how he wrote the narration of this book.
In Mortal Follies, the characters and their story were my favorite part, but in this one, I was much more intrigued by our narrator (the fairy from A Midsummer Night's Dream) and his adventures throughout the moral world. He's flitting between all of our characters here and offering hilarious and interesting quotes like "history is won by the writers," which I thought was quite profound for a romantasy!
This book was very plot-focused with less focus on our characters' romance, which was fairly easy as historical gay interracial romances go. There was a lot going on with the fairies, and the wishes, and the sword fights (a LOT of sword fights)! I had some trouble telling our characters apart since we were dealing with a family, particularly with Mary and Anne.
I think Hall is doing some very exciting things with his work, and I'm always looking forward to more!!!