Foul Lady Fortune
{Foul Lady Fortune #1}
Chloe Gong
27th September 2022
Okay, let me admit, right away, that I wasn't sure if I was going to like this, but I wanted to give it a go because it sounded so good. I tried Gong's first book, These Violent Delights, around the time that it came out and, despite adoring the first twenty pages or so, just slowly lost interest in it. The writing was wonderful, I just didn't really fall in love with any of the characters. And damn, was I sad about that, because the writing was really just so gorgeous. And the setting, too. But I'm mostly a character-driven kind of reader, so it was unfortunately a no-go for me.
Let me tell you, this book changed all that. I may even go back and give Gong's other books another shot, because I absolutely adored my time with this. The premise is flipping brilliant, the setting clearly evoked, and the characters? I adore them. And I also don't always trust them. And yet I still adore them. Rosalind is so interesting and felt so real, her emotions felt actually present to me, and her struggles with herself and the decisions she has made in the past, too. Orion is charming and suave, and yet also so fully-formed and just... ugh I'm running out of adjectives and descriptors. The background characters are also brilliant, and I loved the trans rep, and AHHH. Basically, the characters were amazing.
I am so stoked that this is going to be a series - maybe another duology? Not sure - and that there's a short story coming out next year. I was so immersed in this book whenever I was reading it, and thinking about the characters and what was happening, and trying to puzzle things out when I wasn't reading. An awesome read with a breath-taking pace.
10/10 hairpins with secret poison coating them. (Yes, I liked it.)
{I received a review copy of this book from Hachette in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and feelings are my own. Thank you!!}
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