![]() ![]() Particularly head-scratching is the choice to end with “tree-lined street.” That’s a place of emphasis for the sentence, but a normal line of trees is hardly worth that emphasis. On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a long dark coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street. It’s time for the first sentence of the prologue. The intimate-partner violence is a significant part of the story this article discusses its implications. ![]() The mild graphic violence is marked so you can skip over it. Like usual, you can follow along on Amazon, though now you have to hit the “read sample” button, which seems to have replaced the “look inside” feature.Ĭontent notice: mild graphic violence and intimate-partner violence. Smells like a big publisher.īut what about the writing? Let’s have a look. This book has a polished cover that looks like every other YA fantasy for sale right now, a nicely drawn fairy-tale map in the front pages, and illustrations around the chapter titles that are actually pleasant, including cutesy flowers, mushrooms, a bee, and a little spider. I’m looking at The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, the first in the bestselling The Folk of the Air series. ![]()
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