{"id":24295,"date":"2025-03-03T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24295"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:26:24","slug":"a-restless-truth-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24295","title":{"rendered":"A Restless Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Restless Truth<\/em><\/a> (2022) Freya Marske<\/a> (The Last Binding, #2)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Set in England and across the Atlantic Ocean in 1909 <\/p>\n

There was a parlour game: one stared at a tray of objects before it was taken away, adjusted, and placed back in front of one\u2019s eyes. Some things added. Some things removed. Robin was excellent at that game. Maud was \u2026 not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cEven without Violet\u2019s magic, you have all the advantages of rank and wealth. Using it to trample all over human dignity, against a person\u2019s will, is not what power is for.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the only thing power is for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“You were there, Lord Hawthorn,\u201d she appealed to him. \u201cWasn\u2019t it funny?\u201d <\/p>\n

A pause, in which the table warily weighed the question of whether Lord Hawthorn was familiar with the concept of humour.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Violet Debenham, Maud Blyth, John Alston Baron Hawthorn, Alan Ross\/ Alanzo Cesare Rossi, Edwin John Courcey, Robert Harold Blyth, Miss Adelaide Harita Morrissey, Mrs. Catherine Kitty Amrit Kaur, Lord Albert, Miss Elle Broadley, Morris, Sera Seraphina Hope Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bernard, Rose Bernard, Helen Bernard, Mary Bastoke, Miss Diana Yu, Elizabeth Navenby, Dorian, Mr. Berry, Arthur Chapman, Mrs. Anna-Maria Moretti, Mrs. Caroline Blackwood, Clarence, Rogers, Jamison, Ellen, Meg, Mr. Hewitt, Liza Sinclair, Lady Enid Blackwood Taverner, Lady Elsie Alston, Walter Courcey, Flora Sutton<\/p>\n

Cover art by Will Staehle. Cover design by Christine Foltzer<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tor<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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