[LISTENED TO: Summer 2021] How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge
The only thing better than finishing an awesome book is discovering that there’s a sequel and the quality and integrity of the sequel is just as strong as the original story.
Everything from the first story is in place here: the characters, the narrator, the tone, and, delightfully, Nicole Poole to read it.
Obviously, there are massive spoilers in this book for the first story. So make sure you read that one first.
But to sum up, Rory successfully avoid an arranged marriage (while not upsetting her arranged husband). She is able to shut down a coup on Urse and ultimately kick-starts a revolution. Not bad for an under age Princess.
But she is done with being a Princess. She rescinds her life and goes off to become a space pirate. She has taken her former royal bodyguards, Thorsdottir and Zhang (so yes, there’s even more time given to these two great characters!) with her. They pledge to protect Rory so they guess they just go with her? And Jaed has come along with them too, mostly because he has nowhere else to go (literally) and he crushes on Rory, too.
So Rory’s team aren’t so much space pirates as do-gooders. They are more like salvagers who might intercept smugglers (this is the equivalent of her telling her mom she’s going to follow Phish and make jewelry).
And for all concerned, Grytt is still in the story although as it starts, she is on Lanscott farming sheep (!) with Rory’s former betrothed Ivar (!!) former crow prince of the Free Worlds of Tadesh {No they are not “together” Grytt is mostly just minding the poor boy while she is “relaxing”). Grytt by the way needed more implants after the last book and is probably 3/5 mecha to human. Which she seems to prefer, honestly. (more…)
