
Received this as an Early Reviewer book from LibraryThing.
Enjoying it. I‘m not sure if the split time line works for me though; we shall see
I love their love story. It‘s romantic - and yes, sexier - than paragraphs of torrid sex (which inevitably have me rolling my eyes)
humouress Layla & Ignatius are from different planetary systems in the Whorl. While fighting an external force they fell in love. This story is about what comes afterwards. Oh - and he became Emperor. Effectively there are 3 timelines: now - when their systems are going to war; then - when they got engaged; but also before the novel starts, when they fought as allies. 3d
humouress 3/4 through. Still not sure why the timelines are braided. It seems to slow it to a gentle pace; I do want to find out what happens next but there‘s no hurry. It‘s about politics, not action so I do have to focus. Still enjoying it. There is a bit of language which i could do without but that‘s me; it is in context (edited) 14h
humouress ‘Then‘ is narrated in first person, present tense from Layla‘s POV. ‘Now‘ is narrated in third person, past tense. Layla is short, very dark and came from a hard-scrabble back country planet in the Altainan system which is democratic. Now she‘s married to the Emperor of the Valharan system which is an absolute monarchy. (edited) 14h
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