The Outskirter's Secret

ju reviewed The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #2)

Well worth it

4 stars

So here's the second volume of the series and as it's almost double the size, there's a change of pace in the story. Now it's a long march east in hostile land, with its challenges and encounters, and it will take up until the end to have a bit more revelations and clues as to what's really going on. There are some really interesting parts and a few that are a bit boring or repetitive (then again, the land itself seems very repetitive), but all in all, it's well worth it!

loppear reviewed The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #2)

changing the perspective again

4 stars

Focus shifts from town fantasy conflict to a stranger inhospitable environment and the diffuse intense culture of survival. Some beautiful didactic bits of other ways of organizing kin and relationships, and measured plot revealing a deeper backstory.

sarah reviewed The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #2)

It just keeps shifting and growing!

4 stars

It’s hard to review these without giving away the premise and the ways what you think it is shifts as you read it. Environment is huge is this one! The ways we think about it even huger! I’m just going to start making up more words soon, so I’ll stop.

BenjaminH reviewed The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #2)

Gute Fortsetzung

4 stars

Aber es ist unklar, wie das mit dem Rest zusammenhängt :D

Mickey reviewed The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein

Review of "The Outskirter's Secret" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

4/5 The second book of the series picks up shortly after the events of the first. I love the briefness of how things tie together and immediately thrust you into a brand new part of the world.

The journey into the outskirts really pulled me in as the landscape slowly changed and the characters began to immerse themselves in the new setting. The transition into the red grass fields and all the struggles that come with the area really shone through.

It felt a bit slow in the middle purely because the landscape was very same-y and so there were only a few new pieces added, but the magic in the story was really about how the author captured the daily life of the people there and really fleshing things out.

I also love the perspective from Rowan being an outsider coming into a land and to a culture she …

4/5 The second book of the series picks up shortly after the events of the first. I love the briefness of how things tie together and immediately thrust you into a brand new part of the world.

The journey into the outskirts really pulled me in as the landscape slowly changed and the characters began to immerse themselves in the new setting. The transition into the red grass fields and all the struggles that come with the area really shone through.

It felt a bit slow in the middle purely because the landscape was very same-y and so there were only a few new pieces added, but the magic in the story was really about how the author captured the daily life of the people there and really fleshing things out.

I also love the perspective from Rowan being an outsider coming into a land and to a culture she did not know and learning how to navigate the new issues. I felt very immersed and eventually really grew to love the world and how things worked as it made sense for the nomadic type groups moving about despite them being very different from the Inner Landers.

The ending of the book also offered a great reveal about the world and gave more clues about what truly is happening. The blend of sci-fi and fantasy is very well executed and I love finding the little bits that are obvious to the reader but clearly not to the characters.

Overall I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait to continue the series!