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First published on my blog Lecture toute une Aventure Devon Monk after writing really good urban fantasy decided to write a steampunk novel and what a good result. She kept her good writing style that I like so much and constructed a complex world with several kind of powers good or bad fighting each others or making alliances and she put all that in a western background, original and really interesting. First book of her new series, the story keeps a lot of mysteries that while not capital in this book intrigue the reader making him want to read the following book really soon in hope to learn more about the characters. Cedar is a wonderful principal character, hurt in the past, cursed ( or perhaps in a way blessed) by a native Good, he is trying to live the life he wants and to fight the curse not wanting to be a pawn for anyone god or not. However, in the same time, this intellectual has a good heart that makes him try to help others and for that he needs the advantages of the curse and is doing his mission as the God wanted: fighting the Strange. Perhaps it was an accident then and it was really chosen even if the god could have explained better in that case^^; The other characters are promising too: Cedar’s brother Will also cursed but with a different result. Why the difference? The Madders Brothers genial inventors from a strange place, a different world and with typical powers, intriguing characters helping Cedar and others but in exchange of favours… that we still know nothing about. Mae the witch, so different from her sisters and so deeply in love, is making me cry a lot but she is also a lot stronger and determined that we could have thought. And young Rose of unknown origin abandoned as a baby and who wants to fight for her dreams so uncommon for a girl: create metal things and piloting. Fiery temper for a young woman. This story puts the characters on the board and while wanting to help find a boy Cedar makes alliance with the Madders and with Mae who wanted first his help. Will reappears and Rose makes changing life decisions. On the other side a big Villain, after hundred years of scheming he wants to give the Strange free reign to destroy the mortal in exchange for his revenge in another world. One side wants to survive, eclectic group that must to learn to know and trust each others and the other a dark power that won’t stand anyone in his path to destruction. The romance is here centred on Mae’s love for her husband Jeb, the reader discovers the depth and the power of one’s vows in this world. It’s not all, Cedar starts to be interested again, not yet in love but wanting to feel it again slowly humanity wins. ( Mae or Rose we will see) In a whole a wonderful story with adventure and passion, for readers who love steampunk and urban fantasy give it a try, Devon monk is really a great author.

2022-11-14 16:14