Raventower and Merriweather 1

Secrets

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Pub Date 26 Oct 2016 | Archive Date 07 Aug 2019

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Description

Lord Micalus Raventower is a genius at creating clockwork creatures and tinkering with steampunk engines, but that doesn’t explain why Atiran assassins are suddenly intent on killing him. Lt. Merriweather is assigned to protect Lord Raventower, a role she initially resents since it takes her away from the castle and any chance of advancement to the King's Guard.

Trouble is brewing for the city of Kamere. Atrian warships stand off the coast, and there are enemies even within the ranks of the nobility itself. Merriweather and the eccentric young lord will have quite a job keeping him alive as well as hiding his more unusual secrets. She soon learns there may be very good reasons for the Atrians to want Lord Raventower dead.

Lord Micalus Raventower is a genius at creating clockwork creatures and tinkering with steampunk engines, but that doesn’t explain why Atiran assassins are suddenly intent on killing him. Lt...


Advance Praise

Gifford creates a finely-crafted and detailed world for Micalis Raventower and his story. Her adeptness with description paints vivid scenes without superfluous words, and the characters inhabit it without any incongruity.

Gifford creates a finely-crafted and detailed world for Micalis Raventower and his story. Her adeptness with description paints vivid scenes without superfluous words, and the characters inhabit it...


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Featured Reviews

Raventower and Merriweather 1: Secrets is a slightly steampunk fantasy by Lazette Gifford. Released in 2016, it's the first novel in the series featuring Mica, Lord Raventower and his guard/partner, Merriweather. It's 392 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.

The author is prolific and quite gifted. This was my first introduction to Ms. Gifford and I am thoroughly impressed. I devoured this book in one sitting and was invested enough in the characters to go and buy my own copies of the extant series (3 novels total currently). The world building is rich and cohesive and the characters are written with insight and clarity. The main characters are very (very) different from one another but they complement one another and make a stronger whole as a team. They're honorable, intelligent, determined and brave. They are written to conform and carry out their internal motivations. They're both square-pegs whose situations and families are trying very hard to force them to conform to a 'round-peg' role. I really loved that the female lead (Merriweather) is intelligent, fiercely loyal, independent, and brave and that (thank you book gods), -not- suddenly turned into a pile of girly goo when she encounters a potentially romantic situation.

The dialogue was sublime and I didn't find any scenes which were clunky or badly written. In my binge-read, I wasn't yanked out of my suspension of disbelief once.

My only (small) quibble with the eARC I received for review was that there were a few typos which hadn't been edited out yet. Presumably they will be taken care of at some point. They weren't plentiful and they weren't egregious, so I haven't subtracted anything from my evaluation.

This is probably my current favorite read for summer 2019, and I recommend it unreservedly to fans of swashbuckling fantasy (with bonus magic and some steampunk).

Five stars. I'm sorely tempted to go binge read the other books right away.

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This is an excellent read. Although I like historical fiction, the added fantasy in this novel was a pleasant surprise. However I have not completed the book and it will not allow m3 to open it on my iPad.

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a story about a foreign land in a fantasy world. there is war and peope try to survive. a family secret is solved and some strange things are happening.

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