Sean Randall reviewed Queen of stars by Dave Duncan
Review of 'Queen of stars' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Well, now! This was Duncan on form and no mistake. I can't say that I was surprised at the marvelously twisted ending, in fact it's one of his strong points to dazzle us with a huge buildup to something nasty only to twitch the rug out from under your feet. It's more often done at the climax of a series, of course, and with only 2 books in you sort of come away disappointed, but then again the writing is as wonderful as ever and the politics and internal consistencies so cleverly set up and adhered to that it's a pleasure to read.
The whole Avior line felt a little underexplored, but then who am I to judge the worthwhileness of those bits there were? I just enjoyed the whole thing from start to finish, and that's grand enough for me.