I won’t lie, there were a few scenes that involved Thomas and his plague that were difficult for me to get through (because I’m sensitive to some descriptions of pain, blood, and gore), but it was also incredibly well-written.
This was so deliciously creepy and disturbing. I want more strong characters like Emma who are strong and brave and willing to fight for truth, but also embrace who they are and aren’t afraid to be emotional or empathetic. I don’t want a strong female who doesn’t act…like a female. She was just a lovely character who was strong and basically everything that I want to see in a strong, female character. So, without going into any spoilers, I really loved the dynamic between Thomas and Guy Fawkes.Įmma. He wanted to make his father proud of him, but he also wanted to be his own person, not a pawn in a bigger game. Every child wants to make their parents proud, and I think Nadine handled this desire in Thomas in a really lovely way.
If you would like more information about potentially triggering content or have questions about the above trigger warnings, please send me a message via the “Contact Me” page or DM me on one of my social media accounts and I will provide more information and details. Racism, discrimination, a few uses of the n-word, death (hangings, executions, drowning, shootings), sword fights, injuries, bloodshed, torture, mentions of kidnapping, self-harm (a person tries to remove the stone plague from their shoulder), magic, drunkenness, and kissing (not described in detail). Huge props to Nadine for handling these difficult topics with such care and gentleness.
It deals with a lot of horrible and terrible things, but it does so in a way that felt authentic and true to the story.
It has a lot of important life lessons tucked into it’s magical pages, and I think more people need to read this book because of those threads, specifically. It’s probably not a novel that I’ll reread much, but I’m definitely glad that I read it once. “With his mask and my sword, we could subdue even the shadows.”
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