Book Review
Jan. 12th, 2021 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Relentless Moon
by Mary Robinette Kowal
This is the third installment in the Lady Astronaut series, and it was just as good as the previous two books. The events of The Relentless Moon occur during roughly the same time frame as The Fated Sky, except they center on the Moon colony. Nicole Wargin, astronaut, part-time Moon resident, and wife of the governor of Kansas, goes up to the Moon to investigate a series of small sabotages to spaceships and the colony itself. Back on Earth, her husband is considering running for President.
The plotting and pacing in The Relentless Moon is so well done. The intrigue and mystery was often very suspenseful, especially as the danger kept rising. Kowal kept me guessing, and threw in some twists and surprises I was genuinely not expecting. I often found myself thinking about the story while doing other things.
Kowal beautifully weaves some wonderful character exploration through the tightly plotted narrative. Nicole appears in the previous two books, but here we finally get to really know her. I loved her almost as much as I loved Elma. Nicole is much more confident and socially adept, partly due to her personality, partly due to her experiences as a socialite and politician's wife. I also really liked that she is in her fifties and is thus dealing with aging and the ways society views older women. I also really liked seeing more of the characters from the first book and seeing them take on different roles, especially Eugene and Myrtle Lindholm. The teamwork between all of them was a delight.
by Mary Robinette Kowal
This is the third installment in the Lady Astronaut series, and it was just as good as the previous two books. The events of The Relentless Moon occur during roughly the same time frame as The Fated Sky, except they center on the Moon colony. Nicole Wargin, astronaut, part-time Moon resident, and wife of the governor of Kansas, goes up to the Moon to investigate a series of small sabotages to spaceships and the colony itself. Back on Earth, her husband is considering running for President.
The plotting and pacing in The Relentless Moon is so well done. The intrigue and mystery was often very suspenseful, especially as the danger kept rising. Kowal kept me guessing, and threw in some twists and surprises I was genuinely not expecting. I often found myself thinking about the story while doing other things.
Kowal beautifully weaves some wonderful character exploration through the tightly plotted narrative. Nicole appears in the previous two books, but here we finally get to really know her. I loved her almost as much as I loved Elma. Nicole is much more confident and socially adept, partly due to her personality, partly due to her experiences as a socialite and politician's wife. I also really liked that she is in her fifties and is thus dealing with aging and the ways society views older women. I also really liked seeing more of the characters from the first book and seeing them take on different roles, especially Eugene and Myrtle Lindholm. The teamwork between all of them was a delight.
