Book: The Mirador by Sarah Monette
I just finished The Mirador and DAMN if it's not one of the best fantasy novels I know.
Okay, I mentioned in an earlier post that I had the distinct feeling that Sarah Monette had done everything in her power to make me love her new book (except giving me Felix/Mildmay *sigh*), and I will love to tell you how: by serving my current kink, D/s (that's Domination/submission)! Now of course the world of The Doctrine of Labyrinths has its own terms for fucking everything, including Doms and subs; they are called tarquins and martyrs respectively, but it's essentially the same thing. Poor Felix is pretty much (or shows tendencies of) a tarquin, but his lover, Gideon, can't fulfill these needs (and don't missunderstand me, I'm not blaming Gideon; it's just something Felix needs and Gideon can't give him, easy as that).
But, alas, that's not the main plot of the book. Our dear first person narrators Felix, Mildmay and Mehitabel all have their own small and big problems and they seem utterly unrelated untill the very end, when all falls into place and appart.
Mildmay is still troubled by Ginevra's death (his girlfriend from volume one, remember her?) and he decides that he has to finally get over her and to do that he wants to find out about how she died, who tol don her etc. Try as he might, in the end he sees no other way but to seek help with Keeper, who of course demands information in return. This sends Mildmay into the Lower City more often than he likes, and Felix's hold on him via the obligation d'ame doesn't help any either.
Felix, meanwhile, is still haunted by Malkar (who's dead, but with a guy like him you never know) and when he's stressed out no one really likes his company. With all that and the above mentioned troubles concerning his sexual needs it's no wonder that Gideon finally walks out on him. Felix and Mildmay try, occasionally, to work out some sort of working brotherly relationship, but for every tiny step they take forward, they take two or three back. *sigh* It's hard to watch, you want to jump into the book and yell at them to fucking TALK already.
Oh well. Mehitabel's got problems of her own when some wizard from the Bastion forces her to work as a spy again. Lord Stephen (the lord protector) choses her as a lover and seems to genually like her, which is awfully cute.
Lots of shit happens and in the end Felix just barely escapes being burnt for heresy and he and Mildmay are being banished from Marathat.
Slasher's Evaluation: No incest, pity ain't it? But that doesn't mean Felix's sexlife slows down.
To sum it up: A fucking BRILLIANT book, I can only repeat my recommendation of the whole series.
Okay, I mentioned in an earlier post that I had the distinct feeling that Sarah Monette had done everything in her power to make me love her new book (except giving me Felix/Mildmay *sigh*), and I will love to tell you how: by serving my current kink, D/s (that's Domination/submission)! Now of course the world of The Doctrine of Labyrinths has its own terms for fucking everything, including Doms and subs; they are called tarquins and martyrs respectively, but it's essentially the same thing. Poor Felix is pretty much (or shows tendencies of) a tarquin, but his lover, Gideon, can't fulfill these needs (and don't missunderstand me, I'm not blaming Gideon; it's just something Felix needs and Gideon can't give him, easy as that).
But, alas, that's not the main plot of the book. Our dear first person narrators Felix, Mildmay and Mehitabel all have their own small and big problems and they seem utterly unrelated untill the very end, when all falls into place and appart.
Mildmay is still troubled by Ginevra's death (his girlfriend from volume one, remember her?) and he decides that he has to finally get over her and to do that he wants to find out about how she died, who tol don her etc. Try as he might, in the end he sees no other way but to seek help with Keeper, who of course demands information in return. This sends Mildmay into the Lower City more often than he likes, and Felix's hold on him via the obligation d'ame doesn't help any either.
Felix, meanwhile, is still haunted by Malkar (who's dead, but with a guy like him you never know) and when he's stressed out no one really likes his company. With all that and the above mentioned troubles concerning his sexual needs it's no wonder that Gideon finally walks out on him. Felix and Mildmay try, occasionally, to work out some sort of working brotherly relationship, but for every tiny step they take forward, they take two or three back. *sigh* It's hard to watch, you want to jump into the book and yell at them to fucking TALK already.
Oh well. Mehitabel's got problems of her own when some wizard from the Bastion forces her to work as a spy again. Lord Stephen (the lord protector) choses her as a lover and seems to genually like her, which is awfully cute.
Lots of shit happens and in the end Felix just barely escapes being burnt for heresy and he and Mildmay are being banished from Marathat.
Slasher's Evaluation: No incest, pity ain't it? But that doesn't mean Felix's sexlife slows down.
To sum it up: A fucking BRILLIANT book, I can only repeat my recommendation of the whole series.