Seasons in the Abyss by Dagmar Avery and K MargaretMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love this series, by which I mean the entire scope of it, including the first two set of books. These authors have created a wondrous version of faerie and the dark courts that resonate with blood, death and longing. This third set of books begins with Gogo, the Dank Court Princess, who also happens to be the Sluagh Princess too. Her father is the king and a nightflyer, mated to her mother the previous Dank Court Princess. Gogo is sweet, kind and loving, but with a spine of steel and will not be pushed around.
The Queen has set the Courts the challenge of filling the coffers because the previous Queen ran them dry. The idea is to earn money in the human realm to buy up the lands that anchor faerie to the human realm. Certain sections of her Court and the Sluagh do not want to have anything to do with humanity and are trying to rebel against the move. At the same time as dealing with politics she has been set on a quest to find out about her dreams filled with tentacles and desire.
The book is constructed exceptionally well, with the plot building carefully and the characters being revealed, page by page. I love Gogo, and her relationship with Quade, the captain of her guard, is sweet and nurturing. The other three guards are less wholehearted in their love of her, but as Quade’s existence is wrapped around her, she doesn’t mind. I like the nuances of the different relationships she has with her guard and that she offers and receives diverse things with them.
This is a very promising start to this new section of the series, but if you haven’t read the first two sets of books, I wholeheartedly recommend reading them before starting this series. It might not be essential, but it certainly fills in some gaps and as a bonus, they are fantastic reads.
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