The Shattered City Creature Court Book 2 eBook Tansy Rayner Roberts
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In the city of Aufleur, the Creature Court of the night has chosen a new Power and Majesty ... but can she reconcile her creature form with her human world of daylight. She could hear that laughter again, and for a moment Velody was confused, not sure which dead man was mocking her. Velody now holds the leadership of the Creature Court. the unsteady alliances within the Court are beginning to fracture, as a series of murders and disappearances throw suspicion on one of their own. Ashiol finds Aufleur's many festivals frivolous, until a major one is cancelled. Unease grows. It seems nothing can save the city from a massacre ... nothing but the ultimate sacrifice from one of the Creature Kings.Praise for Power and Majesty'a richly decadent world ... far too morish to be good for anyone's sleeping patterns' ASIF'a quite extraordinary flight of imagination' AurealisXpress'a silky and sophisticated new entry to Australian fantasy' Bookseller+Publisher
The Shattered City Creature Court Book 2 eBook Tansy Rayner Roberts
Last year, I read and absolutely adored the first of Tansy Rayner Roberts’ Creature Court series, Power and Majesty.At last I’ve had the time to read the second in the trilogy, The Shattered City, and once more I have been blown away by the brilliance of the storytelling. Character, plot, pace, theme: everything is pitch perfect.
The Shattered City manages to recreate everything that is so compelling about Power and Majesty and then bloom like fireworks from that starting point. And yes, I am aware of the hyperbole, but seriously? SERIOUSLY? Hyperbole is necessary.
In this second part of the Creature Court series, the dressmaker Velody has come belatedly into her powers and managed to make a place for herself in the court – she is their Power and Majesty, presuming she can keep this not entirely trustworthy band together, defeat the sky in its nightly battle to devour the city of Aufleur, and not get herself or her friends killed in the process.
That may be much harder than the already very difficult task seems. The sky seems to be growing in destructive capacity and intent, and something is loose in Aufleur, attacking the Court and sewing distrust. Well, more distrust. What it is, where it’s from and what it portends are all very worrying indeed.
Velody looks like she might be holding it all together; she might be changing the Court to a better alliance after all – if she survives. That is a very long way from guaranteed.
In the meantime, Velody’s friend Delphine pauses in her merry dance of self-destruction to deny deny deny that she has any role with the Court or its sentinels, and Rhian, who survived such a terrible ordeal, has to learn how to deal with people again. There are roles laid out for everyone, path they should be treading – if only the wretches would do as they’re told. But they don’t. They won’t play fate’s games, let alone the court’s, and the resulting conflicts and clashes send the story hurtling with cracking pace, humour, drama and some really deadly frocks.
Power and Majesty flew along at a brilliant pace, yet provided time for character and back story to grow. It was never predictable and always surprised me without once doing anything that didn’t fit the story or the people in it. It was a lot for a sequel to live up to. That The Shattered City surpasses it is a hell of a feat.
A lot of the time as I read a book, events unfold and I start to see the shape of how the story will be told. Without knowing exactly how something will come to pass, I can start to see the shade and shape of an ending. As the book progresses, doors close on possibilities and you feel yourself guided towards a particular outcome. Of course, surprises can still occur, but generally there’s a feeling of knowing what the path ahead is paved with, at least, if not the final destination.
The Shattered City laughs in the face of such notions, in the best way. While you can see some dangers before the characters do (in the best tradition of Hitchcockian suspense), the full consequences are always just beyond sight. Events occur, some possibilities close off, but instead of narrowing down the future, each new event seems to blast off a cavalcade of new futures.
It’s like being a Seer, the way that Hel has visions of all the futures, and each change in the present only sets off a new cascade of possibility.
It’s an incredible bit of writing and plotting, to pull that off – to put the reader in the place of the seer, with all kinds of futures unfolding before you, and all you can do is read on, pulled through events with the frantic desire to find out oh dear god what now? what next? and wonder how it’s all going to end, and who is going to survive any ending we can currently see.
So. Yes. I wax lyrical. I leap about and paint this blog with colourful prose and hyperbole and wave my hands at you in a frantic, inarticulate way while saying: read it read it oh for the love of god, any god, for the love of chocolate, if you have to, but read these books!!!
Because Power and Majesty and The Shattered City are unexpected and textured and deep and wonderful and funny and horrific and created by a writer with such depth, intelligence, wit and mastery of language, plot, theme and character that I can only sit here and wish I was half as good.
I need a little lie down for a while, but after that – Reign of Beasts, here I come!
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The Shattered City Creature Court Book 2 eBook Tansy Rayner Roberts Reviews
I got this book at Easter and, as I'm in the final throes of reading for the WA Premier's Book Awards, dutifully put it neatly on the shelf as a reward for later. Then I was sitting at the table and had no book in front of me so I picked it up and thought, I'll just read the first chapter. And then I read another chapter. And another. And I couldn't put the darn thing down!! Most CROSS - I wasn't supposed to be READING it then!!
This is the second book in Roberts' Creature Court trilogy (the final book is due out this year, so it's a good time to pick up and power through the first two). Roberts has created an elegant but seedy world (yes, you can have both) and given it wonderfully dark characters who are absolutely NOT what you expect, and done horrible things to them. It's fabulous.
Don't read this book without reading Power and Majesty first, but DO READ THEM BOTH!!!
The Shattered City is book 2 of Tansy Rayner Roberts' Creature Court Trilogy following on from Power and Majesty. The third and final book Reign of Beasts is to be released February 2nd.
Don't let the cover fool you- the Red Hot Chilli Peppers fifth album, Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic could have been an alternative title for this book.
Bloody action, liberal use of Animor (magic) and some very saucy sex scenes and the sugar...well there's honey cakes.
In my review of Power and Majesty I stated that I felt that Roberts had written a well balanced story with all of the above ingredients - I feel that she's "one-upped" herself with the second instalment of the series.
The Story
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When we left Velody in Power and Majesty she was coming to terms with her position as the head of the Creature Court and had vanquished Lord Dhynar a rogue member. At the beginning of The Shattered City we are still not sure why the sky falls some nights nor what the big picture is, though there is a hint of malevolent intelligence behind it all.
Velody is firmly cemented as the leader of the court, though some lords still test her, forcing her to apply some muscle. A series of murders threatens to throw all her good work into disarray, as it appears that member of the court is targeting their fellows. Compounding this is the break down in the rituals of the daylight world which help sustain and rebuild the city after each skybattle.
Ashiol is haunted by hallucinations of Garnet and he begins to fall into madness. Rhian, a largely secondary character in Power and Majesty comes to the fore and reveals a secret. Delphine is dragged reluctantly towards becoming a Sentinel and Velody will have to make a sacrifice to save her city.
Visceral
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Visceral is perhaps the best way to describe this book. It's fantasy with a distinct mythic flavouring. The Creature Court, not surprisingly reminds me of Greek and Roman gods, decidedly human in their ambitions and passions. So on the one hand I get a sense of the fantastical, the changing of the court members into their various totemic animals or their larger Chimera form but on the other the politics and passions are very human.
Things to like
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I am finding it hard not to keep referring back to Power and Majesty, which I found to present an original characters, setting and story. The Shattered City continues this pattern - Velody's occupation as a dressmaker continues to play an important part in the actions and outcomes in the story.
How often in Fantasy does the heroine drop what she is doing to become a wielding Valkyrie? How refreshing is it that Velody holds on to her daylight work as a way of keeping her grounded.
In Power and Majesty Rhian was in danger of falling prey to the trope of "female character who has been raped" which explains why they are either tough angry women or skittish wall flowers. I will say nothing more than Roberts has turned this trope on its head.
Finlay I love the way Roberts lets the reader think at least for a brief moment that Velody has everything under control before sweeping the rug out from under our feet and revealing the depths to which some betrayals go. Never turn your back on the Creature Court even in a world ending crisis.
Summary
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Action, blood and lust and a little bit of dressmaking. If you enjoy well written action, political intrigue, anime like transformation of characters into monstrous beasts and well written sex scenes give the whole series a go.
Last year, I read and absolutely adored the first of Tansy Rayner Roberts’ Creature Court series, Power and Majesty.
At last I’ve had the time to read the second in the trilogy, The Shattered City, and once more I have been blown away by the brilliance of the storytelling. Character, plot, pace, theme everything is pitch perfect.
The Shattered City manages to recreate everything that is so compelling about Power and Majesty and then bloom like fireworks from that starting point. And yes, I am aware of the hyperbole, but seriously? SERIOUSLY? Hyperbole is necessary.
In this second part of the Creature Court series, the dressmaker Velody has come belatedly into her powers and managed to make a place for herself in the court – she is their Power and Majesty, presuming she can keep this not entirely trustworthy band together, defeat the sky in its nightly battle to devour the city of Aufleur, and not get herself or her friends killed in the process.
That may be much harder than the already very difficult task seems. The sky seems to be growing in destructive capacity and intent, and something is loose in Aufleur, attacking the Court and sewing distrust. Well, more distrust. What it is, where it’s from and what it portends are all very worrying indeed.
Velody looks like she might be holding it all together; she might be changing the Court to a better alliance after all – if she survives. That is a very long way from guaranteed.
In the meantime, Velody’s friend Delphine pauses in her merry dance of self-destruction to deny deny deny that she has any role with the Court or its sentinels, and Rhian, who survived such a terrible ordeal, has to learn how to deal with people again. There are roles laid out for everyone, path they should be treading – if only the wretches would do as they’re told. But they don’t. They won’t play fate’s games, let alone the court’s, and the resulting conflicts and clashes send the story hurtling with cracking pace, humour, drama and some really deadly frocks.
Power and Majesty flew along at a brilliant pace, yet provided time for character and back story to grow. It was never predictable and always surprised me without once doing anything that didn’t fit the story or the people in it. It was a lot for a sequel to live up to. That The Shattered City surpasses it is a hell of a feat.
A lot of the time as I read a book, events unfold and I start to see the shape of how the story will be told. Without knowing exactly how something will come to pass, I can start to see the shade and shape of an ending. As the book progresses, doors close on possibilities and you feel yourself guided towards a particular outcome. Of course, surprises can still occur, but generally there’s a feeling of knowing what the path ahead is paved with, at least, if not the final destination.
The Shattered City laughs in the face of such notions, in the best way. While you can see some dangers before the characters do (in the best tradition of Hitchcockian suspense), the full consequences are always just beyond sight. Events occur, some possibilities close off, but instead of narrowing down the future, each new event seems to blast off a cavalcade of new futures.
It’s like being a Seer, the way that Hel has visions of all the futures, and each change in the present only sets off a new cascade of possibility.
It’s an incredible bit of writing and plotting, to pull that off – to put the reader in the place of the seer, with all kinds of futures unfolding before you, and all you can do is read on, pulled through events with the frantic desire to find out oh dear god what now? what next? and wonder how it’s all going to end, and who is going to survive any ending we can currently see.
So. Yes. I wax lyrical. I leap about and paint this blog with colourful prose and hyperbole and wave my hands at you in a frantic, inarticulate way while saying read it read it oh for the love of god, any god, for the love of chocolate, if you have to, but read these books!!!
Because Power and Majesty and The Shattered City are unexpected and textured and deep and wonderful and funny and horrific and created by a writer with such depth, intelligence, wit and mastery of language, plot, theme and character that I can only sit here and wish I was half as good.
I need a little lie down for a while, but after that – Reign of Beasts, here I come!
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