A review by cupiscent
Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton

Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.

My struggle with this book has been strange; it's beautifully written, on just about every level, as rich and evocative and tangled as Queens of Innis Lear, which makes longer and slower, and occasionally occludes the thrust of the story. Through the first half of the book, the balance was comfortably tipped in favour of the joy of reading, but in the middle - perhaps with the introduction of new viewpoints, perhaps the harkening back to elements from Queens that weren't my favourite, perhaps just Hal's inertia weighing upon me - I found it dragging the other way. I do enjoy the characters, and the style is just delightful, but I think if I'm continue I'm going to get irritated with all of it, so I'm leaving it here.

Beautiful, lush, excellent; not for me, right now.