A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, Book 2)
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, Book 2) Freya Marske, 2022 Premise: Sequel to A Marvellous Light. Maud is sailing back home to Britain, escorting an elderly relation and her parrot across the ocean. Only she's not really a relation, and she's hoping Mrs. Navenby will help her brother and the small group allied with him to foil those who would find the pieces of the Last Contract and use them to steal power from all of Britain's magicians. Unfortunately, murderers and thieves are also on board the ship, and Maud's only hope of help might be a beautiful stranger. First off, I adored the first book in this series. This one I liked quite a bit, but didn't quite love. Were there more sex scenes in this one? It felt like it. They weren't bad scenes, but I like my adventure romances to be generally weighted slightly more toward the adventure. That's not to say I didn't enjoy Maud and Violet's whirlwind relationship. They are both complex characters with...