'A Rush of Wings', by Paul Witcover probably my favorite installment, due to Micah having a huge part in this one. She's an interesting character whom everyone thinks is a boy, yet she doesn't correct anyone and Ralf is shocked when he learns she isn't a boy.

It has a lot of action as Ralf finds out where the Duke is being held, sets out with Micah to rescue him, after going by Micah's home first and they end up getting caught rescuing the Duke. Been a fun read so far, with each episode you get more of the story and it holding my interest.

POV – 3rd person, multi character, often omni-present
Would I read it again – Yes!
Genre – LGBT, Fantasy, Serial, Historical, Coming-of-Age, Queer
Content Warning – mild violence, sexual situations, adultery/cheating, prostitution
Orientations – MM, MF, FF



** COPY RECEIVED THROUGH NETGALLEY **



I love the world building of this series, and the talented writers who bring it all together, but I was left heartbroken by the events of Season One and I'm hopeful that Season Two will at least offer some relief from that. I'm coming straight into this, just an hour after finishing Season One, so it's all fresh in my mind. There are still the infrequent issues of editing mistakes, changes of tense that don't always make sense, as were in Season One, but the recurring issue of font change has been eliminated, which is a relief.

Because of the format Netgalley sent, or perhaps because of how Kindle interprets them, the formatting for the first half of this series of ARC's was terrible. The documents had either one or two lines then a line of gapping, repeated throughout and it wasn't only hard on the eyes, but made it more difficult to follow in terms of flow. The second half were much better formatted.

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Episode 8: A Rushing of Wings, by Paul Witcover & Racheline Maltese

★★★★☆
Pages: 47

This was a slightly darker and more heart-wrenching episode, as it mostly focused on Will and Rafe, my two favourite people in this series. However, it also added the POV scenes for Wickfield, Norris, and Vera, all servants of Highcombe, but not all necessary.
I had hoped that Norris would be so curious about what Wickfield and Thea were up to with Will's wine that he would stop Will from getting it, and thus get his mind back to normal, but that didn't happen. Instead, Rafe and Micah saw through their valiant rescue and failed, were captured, and are now being haunted by Will's bird. Oh, and Rafe finally found out that Micah is a girl!
A lot happened here, but it's definitely just the start of the end. There was a change of font, again, which really bugs me, for some reason, but overall it was a well formatted and well edited episode.

Favourite Quote

“Will held out a shaking hand, flinching at Rafe's touch but then, somehow, steadying himself. Rafe eased the ring onto his finger, as solemn as a groom.
Will turned his hand, tilting the ring into the light. “You are true,” he declared, and placed his hand back in Rafe's.
Rafe knew it was neither the time nor the place, but what rescue – what wedding – would be complete without a kiss?
He touched Will's face carefully. “I am. Always.””

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I took a long, long break from this series and couldn't bring myself to return, but this was frankly one of the best episodes yet, and not because of the break. The plot was straightforward and well-paced, the characters were sharply sketched. But the best part was the mood and language, which felt exactly right to the story and the characters. It was a pleasure to read.

I also thought this part had some of the best handle on the characters; with different authors, the characters can sometimes feel a little vague or disjointed, but this time they felt exactly right.