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Title: Misty Lacking
Review: I've been a fan of Misty Lackey's books for a long time, but this one fell short. The Sayers references were altogether too blatant, for one thing. What annoyed me the most is Peter's reference to Ankhsenamun, wife of Tutankamun, and the four lovely goddesses with her face that guarded his tomb. The tomb was discovered in 1922, and this story is set in 1909. Since the suffragette scholarship was so sound (a good point for the book), how did a huge anachronism like this get by?? It colored the story for me badly enough to spoil my enjoyment. She needs to write about some more interesting villains as well, not just ones who are bad because they are bad. Shivani had some promise in that regard, but that aspect of her character was never really developed, just hinted at. She could have been far more interesting.
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