![]() ![]() The Nightfever is there, but handwaved and we’re all far more concerned by the new plague from the Skin Stealers. The description of Earth Walkers as ugly vs the “refined” features of the Companions has been dropped entirely. Or there’s the racial coding and Blackface of the last book which is just ignored in this book. At best we have a brief nod while everyone rallies round Mari to tell her she’s amazing and we spend the rest of this book with just about everyone treating Mari like the second coming. Like the book tries to emphasise what a wonderful caring healer Mari is… we’re all completely avoiding the way she just abandoned her people and listened to them scream. Nor was it not deeply problematic in many many ways (especially dwelling on a lot of rape as well as some really terrible treatment of the former slaves the Companions controlled) But it managed to avoid a whole lot of the most awful traits of the first book by… basically pretending they never happened or by retconning or by brushing over them super quickly. Not because it could even see good on a clear day with a telescope. Which made reading Sun Warrior, almost a pleasant surprise. ![]() I did not have high expectations for Sun Warrior The House of Night Series remains one of the worst I have ever endured and Moon Chosen manages to plum still deeper depths. It was a book I picked up with a great deal of trepidation and no small amount of dread. ![]()
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