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A review by daumari
Imprudence by Gail Carriger
3.0
Imprudence improves immediately compared to its predecessor by briefly including the Maccons at the start, and tying up some loose ends in Britain before giving Rue and the crew a reason to go to Egypt. It helps that here, now that she's reached her majority age and has to face some level of responsibility quickly learns that one can't hide under the protection of Empire forever, and heyyyy fantasy geopolitics. The side characters get more time to shine, and Primrose is probably the most competent person on the Spotted Custard (yes, I'm aware of the next book's title...)
I was a little afraid there'd be orientalism here like when Rue was in India, and pleasantly surprised to not see as much exoticism... she still says "gypped" at some point, but then again she is a privileged young lady in the 1890s with allllll the blinders that come with it. Not entirely sold on the romance (and I do think she used him abominably), but ehhhhhh.
I was a little afraid there'd be orientalism here like when Rue was in India, and pleasantly surprised to not see as much exoticism... she still says "gypped" at some point, but then again she is a privileged young lady in the 1890s with allllll the blinders that come with it. Not entirely sold on the romance (and I do think she used him abominably), but ehhhhhh.