Reviews

The Salbine Sisters by Sarah Ettritch

amcheri's review

3.0

It took a little while for me to get into it but by the end, I was hooked.

panichistory's review against another edition

3.0

I am so disappointed in this book. The premise is amazing but all the characters are really flat, the pacing is really weird, and the writing is just not all that great.

There was no chemistry between Lillian and Maddy at all, and I just wasn't emotionally invested in the book at all.

3 stars anyways because the premise and lesbians.

If it hadn't been for lesbians i would have abandoned it very early on.

corrie's review

3.0

Well... I don’t say this often but I’m glad this one is done. I don’t think I could have managed much more of this oldey timey road trip with two nuns and an orphan.

I had a total disconnect with the characters or their romantic feelings for each other and the plot couldn’t save it from being a tedious affair. Another inn, another torch-bearing mob, another internal whine fest from Maddy on why Salbine had forsaken her… who is Salbine anyway?

I know not many share my experience, so maybe it’s my mood or just the wrong book at the wrong time. Onwards!

f/f

Themes: nuns, fireballs, unwashed peasants, street urchins, this was not my bag, meh.

2.5 stars

andicbuchanan's review

4.0

I bought this as a result of a post on the Outer Alliance mailing list. It's not a particularly complex story, but what it does it does very well, weaving religious and personal journeys together in a well thought out and highly readable novel. I'm not sure if there's a sequel planned, but I feel the world it is set in - and particularly the nature of the religious order - has the potential for a lot more exploration.