My review:???
Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley is a fantasy book, set in a matriarchal world, with those who are mages, and those who are mundane. Shine is a mundane with a lot of mages for family, and so she is ignored or mocked.
It’s a festival where all the family come home, and so Shine has to endure them all. This time, there’s a spy hiding, a letter to be found and a death to enliven matters.
I found the story to be ok. It was good to see a book with an emphasis on female power, but this power was abused in the same ways that they are in patriarchal society.
Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley was published on 19th January 2021, and is available on Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.
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I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Rebellion.