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A review by quillnqueer
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
4.0
It's always hard to guess where this series will go next, and after the last book where we visit Jack and Jill's past, this time we continue the story left off after Nancy leaves, bringing Sumi's daughter into the story, who is slowly disappearing. Banding together with Cora, Christopher, Kade and Nadya, they travel back to Sumi's world of sweets via Nancy's halls of the dead.
This story was a little weaker for me, because I felt that it was never quite sure who to make the main character. Early on it seemed to be Cora, and I really loved that the fat rep in this was done so well, and so positively. However it felt that sometimes Cora seemed to disappear and the POV would focus more on Rini, and perhaps this short story just struggled with one or two too many characters.
I really feel like we're establishing the world now, and I look forward to seeing where it will take us next. I like that we get to continue the story of old favourite characters, while introducing new ones and new worlds with vastly different rules. The most intriguing character for me in Christopher, and I'm hoping we get a book focused on him soon.
This story was a little weaker for me, because I felt that it was never quite sure who to make the main character. Early on it seemed to be Cora, and I really loved that the fat rep in this was done so well, and so positively. However it felt that sometimes Cora seemed to disappear and the POV would focus more on Rini, and perhaps this short story just struggled with one or two too many characters.
I really feel like we're establishing the world now, and I look forward to seeing where it will take us next. I like that we get to continue the story of old favourite characters, while introducing new ones and new worlds with vastly different rules. The most intriguing character for me in Christopher, and I'm hoping we get a book focused on him soon.