Book cover: “Raven Stratagem” by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris, 2017)

Book two of the ‘Machineries of Empire’ trilogy is strangely engrossing, given it mostly comprises a series of abstruse machinations, and one of the three viewpoint characters (Brezan) contributes almost nothing. Lee’s prose, too, is workmanlike. Still, the reader is pulled along. #RavenStratagem

voodoocactus's review of Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2) 4/5: So. Where Ninefox Gambit was exclusively Kel Cheris’ POV, this book takes a step back and watches Cheris/Jedao from outsider POV. There’s also a lot more court intrigue and politics and I gotta say I enjoyed it a lot! Might be because of the book or simply because I didn’t need to spend all my reading time trying to figure out what the fuck [fond] the worldbuilding even is. I liked the deeper dive into the Hexarchate society, the plotting and scheming and cloak-and-dagger shadowplay, and I got invested in the characters, some more than others. Now I REALLY want to know just how stuff works...

Book two was even better, I think!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7722225432

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