A Power Unbound

A Power Unbound (2023) Freya Marske (The Last Binding Book 3)

Set in England in 1909

Spinet House was a young thing, built by a master carpenter-thaumoluthier and his energetically creative wife. It was a fortress. It was a musical, magical puzzle box. It was a fucking headache.

When Alan had written up his fawning, gossipy article about the first-class crossing on the Lyric, he’d described Miss Debenham as a well-born eccentric heiress with a scandalous past and a fair beauty. All of which was more or less true, even if Alan was the least qualified man in London to pass judgement on feminine beauty.

Alan Ross was a sharp, careful Londoner with an employable accent, who just happened to turn a nice burnished colour in the sun. Alanzo Rossi now existed only under this roof, with these people. So yes: Alanzo Rossi slipped into Italian when he could, if only to savour the feel of it in his mouth.

Characters: John Frederick Charles Alston, Alan Ross/ Alanzo Cesare Rossi, Edwin John Courcey, Robert Harold Blyth, Maud Blyth, Violet Anne Debenham, Miss Adelaide Harita Morrissey, Mrs. Catherine Kitty Amrit Kaur, Bella, Tom, Emily, Dick, Carolina, Elsie Leonora Mary Alston, George Bastoke, Freddy Oliver, Walter Courcey., Lady Enid Blackwood Taverner, James Taverner, Pete Manning, Maria Rossi, Berto, Mr. Blake, Mary Bastoke Alston Countess of Cheetham, Helen Bernard, Assemblymen Cowling, Assemblymen Manraj Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Richard Prest, Randall Kenyon, Mr. Alec Fawcett, the Grimm of Gloucester, Dufay, Charles Walcott, Arthur Manning, Seraphina Vaughn, Margaret Oliver

Cover art by Will Staehle. Cover design by Christine Foltzer

Publisher: Tor

Rating: 9/10

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