Book Review
Apr. 11th, 2026 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Court of the Air
Stephen Hunt
This fantasy steam punk novel was kind of a mess. It's set in a complicated world based on Victorian England. The two main characters, Molly and Oliver, are orphans who hold mysterious powers that make them the target of various assassins and other forces. They each end up on the run, encountering roguish allies and murderous adversaries as their world devolves into bloody conflict. There are factions trying to remake the world, resurrect eldritch gods, or both. There are people working to hold the darker outcomes at bay. There is a ton going on. Since Oliver and Molly are in the same place for almost none of the story and the connections between them were never really explained, The Court of the Air felt almost like two separate books badly welded together. The plot and the setting were overstuffed. The characters were a bit flat. A lot happened, but it all seemed kind of empty in the end.
Stephen Hunt
This fantasy steam punk novel was kind of a mess. It's set in a complicated world based on Victorian England. The two main characters, Molly and Oliver, are orphans who hold mysterious powers that make them the target of various assassins and other forces. They each end up on the run, encountering roguish allies and murderous adversaries as their world devolves into bloody conflict. There are factions trying to remake the world, resurrect eldritch gods, or both. There are people working to hold the darker outcomes at bay. There is a ton going on. Since Oliver and Molly are in the same place for almost none of the story and the connections between them were never really explained, The Court of the Air felt almost like two separate books badly welded together. The plot and the setting were overstuffed. The characters were a bit flat. A lot happened, but it all seemed kind of empty in the end.
