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The Maker Mask The Books Of Requite Book 1 eBook Ankaret Wells

I am not sorry I bought the book and it passed a couple of hours. It takes a tremendous amount of work to tell a story that's fun to read, and I won't give it less than four stars having read it to the end.

That said, if you are trans*, you may or may not appreciate the author's approach to gender here.

I read a book like this in the completely indolent mode of "tell me a story". Even though I am not expecting something cool and special, I'm always willing to find it, and this seemed like honorable and thoughtful world-building. I would have liked a more focussed story in some ways, but really -- for a few hours pleasant entertainment, it was a good Amazon purchase. I'd describe it as "SF mannerpunk" though that doesn't quite do it justice.

I thought the author could have been a bit more thoughtful about the intermediate gender character(s). I am not so narrow as to say a future society has to follow politically correct rules for pronouns, but "it" is what we use to refer to a thing, an object. People whose gender is neither entirely male or female have existed throughout human history, in a lot of different societies, and do now. Often the words used for trans folks are words of contempt, or carry an animus the author clearly doesn't share, but "it" still means thing. Even if "it" is dashing and has agency. As a trans reader the choice made me hold the entire story at arm's length and robbed me of some trust. I make this comment as I honestly don't think that was the author's intent.


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The Maker Mask The Books Of Requite Book 1 eBook Ankaret Wells Reviews

Witty, playful, intricately-plotted space opera. At various points, it reminded me of Lois McMaster Bujold, Iain M. Banks, and Georgette Heyer, all in the best possible ways! With so many different storylines swirling around in a lovely atmosphere of courtly intrigue, I thought the romance needed a little bit more grounding to be totally convincing - but I looooooved the geeky heroine, and her romantic interest is also fabulous, as is her bodyguard (not a love interest). Can't wait to read Book 2, The Hawkwood War!
Still trying to figure out how the title relates to the story. Other than that, the story was original but the world building was a bit muddled and some things were left unexplained.
I could not put this book down until I finished it. I am looking forward to reading more books from Ankaret Wells
I love Wells books. I love this world she's created, the complexity of it all, the different clans, the centuries of history, the detailed science. I love her characters for this book, they grow up, become something.
I love the concept; the conceit of the world Wells creates reminded me of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover, and maybe I wanted too much for it to be that. But for a "Book One" in such a completely alien landscape and civilization, it was too hard to follow. Too many new words too fast without enough explanation, too many characters with too many allegiances to track. I love the conceit. I think Wells has laid the backstory and the groundwork for something truly captivating. This wasn't it.
After reading Ankaret Wells Firebrand (which i enjoyed) I decided to give The Books of Requite a try and I am very impressed. The book follows middle sister and Maker (kind of a class or guild of people in this world), Tzenni, journey to rescue her younger sister from rivals. This book takes a bit to get the hang of and I will be honest and say that I had to reread bits and am still not sure I fully grasp much of the technology in this book. I envisioned the Matrix, Dune, Starwars, and Discworld, but with a smart female lead. Tzenni is a really great character who is a bit socially awkward, super smart, and extremely afraid of heights to the point of avoiding stairs. I love her bodyguard, Innes, who gets even better in the second book, The Hawkwood War (yes, you should get that too).
I bought this book on a whim, quite honestly not expecting anything much. However within moments I was breathlessly charging down hallways following Tzenni Boccamera on her quest to save a sister who didn't appear to want saving and I never looked back. Upon finishing, I immediately bought the sequel, as I wanted to know what happened next. Ms. Wells did a good job of combining elements of science fiction, fantasy and even a bit of romance in creating a believable world and people.
I am not sorry I bought the book and it passed a couple of hours. It takes a tremendous amount of work to tell a story that's fun to read, and I won't give it less than four stars having read it to the end.

That said, if you are trans*, you may or may not appreciate the author's approach to gender here.

I read a book like this in the completely indolent mode of "tell me a story". Even though I am not expecting something cool and special, I'm always willing to find it, and this seemed like honorable and thoughtful world-building. I would have liked a more focussed story in some ways, but really -- for a few hours pleasant entertainment, it was a good purchase. I'd describe it as "SF mannerpunk" though that doesn't quite do it justice.

I thought the author could have been a bit more thoughtful about the intermediate gender character(s). I am not so narrow as to say a future society has to follow politically correct rules for pronouns, but "it" is what we use to refer to a thing, an object. People whose gender is neither entirely male or female have existed throughout human history, in a lot of different societies, and do now. Often the words used for trans folks are words of contempt, or carry an animus the author clearly doesn't share, but "it" still means thing. Even if "it" is dashing and has agency. As a trans reader the choice made me hold the entire story at arm's length and robbed me of some trust. I make this comment as I honestly don't think that was the author's intent.