A review by arcanewolf
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan

4.0

The second book in the trilogy, following Lorkin's relocation with the Traitors, Sonea and Cery's search for Skellin and Dannyl's adventures as an ambassador for the Guild.

We learn so much more about the Traitor lifestyle, it sort of parallels what our world is like. Women are in charge and women have the final say in everything, though our society is trying to get more gender equality, it's still not quite there yet, since women are still getting discriminated against in our world.

We get introduced to two new characters who become important to the storyline, Lilia and Naki, and the consequences and discrimination faced with learning Black Magic in this world.

Homosexuality takes on a major theme in this book, exploring the relationships between two characters of the same sex and showing how normal it is in the society of that world.

More twists unravel in this book that I hope to be concluded in the final book, The Traitor Queen.