Shout-out to Pam Parker for telling me to read this one! This book completely blew me away. The cover blurb made me nervous. Magic and science in one book? That probably isn’t a book I would enjoy. But boy was I wrong.
Miller has created a fascinating story placed in the midst of the very real history of WWI. He calls out the gender issues that were in place by turning the tables. Sure, women weren’t allowed to do things at the time but that is because they were women and it was the turn of the century! Instead of going with this view, he flips it, following a male character who isn’t allowed to help out with the war efforts due to the fact that women are the only one with the magical abilities to do so. And this isn’t just a book that sets out to prove a point. It is a well-written, fascinating story that I didn’t want to leave. I was actually shocked to find myself at the end of the novel. I didn’t want to let these characters go.
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