The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley

 63%

18.12.21

A delightful story, pleasingly written with nice characters - all of which sounds like a criticism but it's not at all. It does, however, read like a trial run for the more complex and satisfying The Kingdoms. And it's always nice to see the unjustly unfashionable Gilbert & Sullivan featured in a story.

The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley

 70%

08.10.21

This was extraordinary. Flawed and confusing but still, overall, extraordinary in a good way. Pulley's engaging writing style and the complex, well-researched plot unexpectedly combine to produce a refreshing take on that hoary old genre: time-travelling historical speculative fiction.