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Myadar's Snare by Sophia Martin is the first part of a serial, deiselpunk novel named “The City Darkens”. In this instalment, we are introduced to several very interesting characters, including Myadar. She is the wife of Reister, an ambitious courtier, but her life is centred around running their country estate and bringing up their five year old son, Bersi. Soon after Myadar’s mother-in-law arrives to take her daughter-in-law and grandson back to the city, feelings of apprehension begin to aris ...more
This short work grabbed my attention and I finished it in one afternoon. Anyone who doesn't empathize and sympathize with the heroine should see a cardiologist and have his heart checked because there must be something wrong with it. The story is excellent and the writing is impeccable. Plus, the world the author has created is intriguing. Others have remarked about comparisons to the 1920s in clothing styles and technology (well, the cars anyway but not the robots) but any similarities between
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Myadar's Snare (The City Darkens, #1) by Sophia Martin
Myadar and her five year old son have been taking care of her husbands farm for about a decade. Then she is summoned to accompany him to the coronation of the countries monarchs.
Used to being on her own she reluctantly goes. And once there she finds her husband has different plans for her. It is bad enough she does not fit in, and constantly feels like a fool, but now her husband expects her to stay and do things she does not wish to do. All ...more
Myadar and her five year old son have been taking care of her husbands farm for about a decade. Then she is summoned to accompany him to the coronation of the countries monarchs.
Used to being on her own she reluctantly goes. And once there she finds her husband has different plans for her. It is bad enough she does not fit in, and constantly feels like a fool, but now her husband expects her to stay and do things she does not wish to do. All ...more
