The narrative stalls and, although it begins to feel more like we're in the territory of the first novel with Hans having to rediscover his place in the world, it quickly ended and I felt left wanting more. Vaillancourt throws in a twist that's both natural but a little underprepared and spends the finale of the novel trying to justify it. Unfortunately the rest of the narrative suffers. There's still room for character development, though as Hans finally gets to have sex with Annika, a moment that every Sauder fan has been willing for far too long. This time around that world (And its lively steampunk nature) have been well established, and the author chooses to throw us into the thick of it with an adventure that would make Indiana Jones blush (though far less imperialist, naturally. A Bloodier Rose opens up guns blazing and doesn't pause for breath until the midway point, by which events and circumstance have overcome the crew of A Bloody Rose to such an extent that drastic action is truly needed.įor the first half of the novel Vaillancourt delivers a no holds barred rollicking adventure, stylistically different from the first book in this series which focused much more strongly on Hans and his sense of alienation as an upper class gentlemen is forced to survive and understand a world of pirates and criminals.
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