Clary’s Reviews > Daindreth's Assassin > Status Update

The yearning and the plot are going to be a slow burn i see.

I think we're in it now. We have some stakes. We have some weirdness. I love Thadred. Wheatley is not a revalatory writer but she does focus on the places my mind would go which is both satisfying but perhaps not great writing. This dichotomy is making me insecure. I think what would save it is not including or cutting down on some stuff but then I dont get to know she thought about it too in such detail.

I keep running into the same problem with this book, and that is that I have not seen the gender politics expressed in a way that doesn't feel like the author just taking a generic fantasy patriarchy for granted. All the world building feels a little taken for granted: patriarchy, magic, the pantheon of gods. I know it's secondary to the relationship, but I need some side dishes for my steak.

I keep bumping up against this problem.In this book: they have not a tasty what the gender politics, what the norm really is in this world in a way that I have really felt. Instea.\n D, it feels a lot like\n They're taking for granted that we are going to accept that women are considered some sort of submissive second class, as is common in high fantasy Medieval based stories period

He's an advisor to the king.

He's a lawyer.

He sends pretty-sexy dresses.

He seems to know all the intrigue.

The bright flashing sign says this guy might be a villain (unless we want a fun funky fresh twist.)