Currently reading
The Rising
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
The Mark of Athena
Princess of the Silver Woods
The Serpent's Shadow
The Demigod Diaries
Scarlet
Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty
The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
Perfect Scoundrels
The third installment of the "Cat Royal" series has all the requisite action and humor that I have come to expect, but I found Golding's representation of the French Revolution trite and inaccurate, presenting only a very tiny facet of what was an enormously complex situation. In Cat's eyes, apart from a few stray killings, of which she was almost one, as were her friends the Avons, the Revolution was a jolly old good time, giving freedom and equality to all. This is far too simplistic a take on an historical movement that not only took the lives of thousands, but shaped political thought for the next two hundred years. Whatever one's philosophical views of the tenets that were used to instigate and uphold the Reign of Terror, the death and barbarity that ensued in the years following the fall of the monarchy cannot be so easily ignored or glossed over. And while I certainly do not wish to read about gore and cruelty in this series, nor should it be utterly shunted aside if one chooses to try and accurately portray that time period. See The Red Necklace for a more mature and balanced look at the Revolution.It was predictable, but fun. Looking forward to the next adventure. I just wish that not every male, excepting dear Pedro, that comes within ten feet of Cat would be attracted to her.