Apollo reviewed Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard
A Languid Revenge Story
3 stars
I found this book's pacing to be mostly slow throughout. The setting and characters drew me in, but I think the pacing held back my full enjoyment of them.
English language
Published Feb. 24, 2023 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
A Fire Born of Exile is a sapphic Nirvana in Fire/Count of Monte Cristo in space.
Out Oct 12th from Gollancz in hardback/ebook/audio (UK/Europe/Commonwealth) and JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc in paperback/ebook (US & Canada)!
A scholar, betrayed and left for dead, returns in disguise for revenge. She plans to bring the entire opulent, decadent society of the habitats crashing down.
Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan.
(Taken from www.aliettedebodard.com/)
I found this book's pacing to be mostly slow throughout. The setting and characters drew me in, but I think the pacing held back my full enjoyment of them.