{"id":26544,"date":"2026-04-12T16:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26544"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:33:10","slug":"a-restless-truth-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26544","title":{"rendered":"A Restless Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"ASet on the Atlantic Ocean ~1908<\/p>\n

Grief\u2019s jaws were not blunt of tooth. They snapped shut like a poacher\u2019s trap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cClarence!\u201d cried Violet, edging sideways on her chair to better display herself to the open doorway. \u201cI\u2019m not decent!\u201d Her cousin scowled and shut the door hastily behind him.<\/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

\u201cMiss Lyons and I discovered that it helped me to do something with my hands when she was teaching me history and French.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Violet Anne 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 by Will Staehle<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tordotcom<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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