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I love this author. I will read anything she writes, from a novel to a shopping list. She's amazing.
Vespertine has the same creepy kind of atmosphere that [b:An Enchantment of Ravens|30969741|An Enchantment of Ravens|Margaret Rogerson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486244049l/30969741._SY75_.jpg|51586838] does and characters that are just as strong and realistic as those in [b:Sorcery of Thorns|42201395|Sorcery of Thorns|Margaret Rogerson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541621322l/42201395._SY75_.jpg|61425757]. You'll fall in love with Artemesia and the side characters.
As an Episcopal priest, I really enjoyed the vaguely Catholic feel of the world and events. I get giddy at the mention of a thurible, so that's probably an eccentricity that some readers won't appreciate. Still, you don't have to know anything about religion or religious vestments and paraphernalia to appreciate the descriptions and understand the events.
The characters in this series have all endured some major trauma and all is far from sunshine and daisies. Artemesia is strong, but she does wear more than physical scars. She was possessed by an ashgrim demon for several years when she was a child and now, she's sharing head space with a fifth order spirit, a revenant. It doesn't help her situation that she's being chased by a confessor, Leander, who has secrets she can only guess at.
I loved the relationship between Artemesia and the revenant as well as her relationship with Leander. It's all so complex. There's never anything one-dimensional about Rogerson's writing and I can't get enough. I'll be reading the next book on release day.
Vespertine has the same creepy kind of atmosphere that [b:An Enchantment of Ravens|30969741|An Enchantment of Ravens|Margaret Rogerson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486244049l/30969741._SY75_.jpg|51586838] does and characters that are just as strong and realistic as those in [b:Sorcery of Thorns|42201395|Sorcery of Thorns|Margaret Rogerson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541621322l/42201395._SY75_.jpg|61425757]. You'll fall in love with Artemesia and the side characters.
As an Episcopal priest, I really enjoyed the vaguely Catholic feel of the world and events. I get giddy at the mention of a thurible, so that's probably an eccentricity that some readers won't appreciate. Still, you don't have to know anything about religion or religious vestments and paraphernalia to appreciate the descriptions and understand the events.
The characters in this series have all endured some major trauma and all is far from sunshine and daisies. Artemesia is strong, but she does wear more than physical scars. She was possessed by an ashgrim demon for several years when she was a child and now, she's sharing head space with a fifth order spirit, a revenant. It doesn't help her situation that she's being chased by a confessor, Leander, who has secrets she can only guess at.
I loved the relationship between Artemesia and the revenant as well as her relationship with Leander. It's all so complex. There's never anything one-dimensional about Rogerson's writing and I can't get enough. I'll be reading the next book on release day.
3.5 Stars, rounded up.
Definitely a book by a man for young men. The whole women have to be hurt by men for them to see the light and begin to care about how they treat women kind of goes against the message of the book. I'm tried of that trope, frankly.
The characters are okay. I don't care for the main character, Del, but I do like Kiera and Jameer. Honestly, I wish this book was from Kiera's point of view or that Del wasn't so unlikable for 98% of the book.
Definitely a book by a man for young men. The whole women have to be hurt by men for them to see the light and begin to care about how they treat women kind of goes against the message of the book. I'm tried of that trope, frankly.
The characters are okay. I don't care for the main character, Del, but I do like Kiera and Jameer. Honestly, I wish this book was from Kiera's point of view or that Del wasn't so unlikable for 98% of the book.
