![]() ![]() My only minor issue was some confusion about the world our characters were living in. The people of the Sun have genders that change with the color of their scales! There are so many things to love about the book. Our curvy, secretive femme Charm is a lesbian. ![]() ![]() Aspen, a tough but sensitive butch, is bisexual and has previously only had relationships with men/genderfluid characters, not following the stereotypical gender role script. Genderqueer/fluid, trans, and bisexual characters… triple check. Just about everyone gets some rep here: Polycule of domestic bliss? Check. Gender roles are an interesting part of this book, but presented so subtly, woven into the world building, that you can’t help but appreciate the ease with which it’s done. One of the reasons this series gave me such warm fuzzies is its treatment of gender as well as the casual introduction of characters with their pronouns. This doesn’t go quite as planned for Aspen, but it does kick off the start of a series of adventures involving a secret organization called the Scale and a troupe of bawdy actors. When Aspen meets Charm Linville, an actress whose skills extend to pickpocketing, she’s trying to protect the woman from a handsy fellow in a pub. (Not that her arms aren’t also worth mentioning.) Aspen is a tall, dark, and mysterious do-gooder with impeccable swordsmanship but a troubled past. For those of you who are very online and have perhaps pined for Touraine’s arms in CL Clark’s The Unbroken or Gideon’s very large biceps in Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, may I present to you: Aspen Silverglade’s well-muscled thighs. Fleet, the pen name for a trio of writers: Felicia Davin, K.R. I’m always impressed by books that are co-written, but a book with three writers?! A menage-an-author? The Errant series is written by L.K. ![]()
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