A review by plsnotanotherdamselindistress
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

challenging mysterious tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I love when there are many plotlines in a book and the author sprinkles in information that doesn't get acknowledged as information because its importance for the story is not yet evident and then slowly plotlines start connecting and you're able to recognize the importance of some before sprinkled in information so you can start guessing possible plottwists that may come further on in the story making the tension build up steadily until the story reaches a crescendo.

I also really enjoyed the use of terms in multiple different languages and how important things were later on explained but other less important ones were like collecting trinkets if you could translate them.
They also helped build the setting as far as I can recognize it quite accurately of the past.
(Of course I am only referring to the setting and not the kind of sci-fi aspects of the story.)

"Advise":
- I would advise to read this book in your first language, because skimming over pages isn't a thing with this book 
- this book is not primarily a romance story (though romantic relationships are a subplot but the book does not focus on them and personally I believe they are one of the weaker parts of the story)

And I am sorry but the reveal that Phoebe is Priest...I had considered her but as we also got her POV in certain situations it did not make sense anymore...
Either slightly leave out her thoughts in her POV or just don't mention certain things...
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