A review by devannm
The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta

4.0

Really enjoyed this one. Haven't read one of these 'dark fantasy books clearly based on medieval Italy' books in awhile and apparently it's a subgenre that I should get back to more often. Really liked the main character and how her gender exploration was handled in a way that was more 'feels comfortable as a boy but still feels comfortable being a girl too and doesn't want to give it up' because I feel like it could have easily just slid into like 'wants to be a boy because it's easier' terriftory which I don't think would have been very compelling. Very interesting magic system as well. Interested to see how the second book goes since with this author's King Arthur sci-fi series I loved the first book but couldn't even finish the second one. Hopefully the sequel here holds up better.