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reviewed The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud (The Outlaws Scarlett & Brown, #2)

Jonathan Stroud: The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (Paperback, 2022, Walker) 5 stars

A fast-paced fantasy adventure set in a broken, future England, following the further exploits of …

Stroud at his best

5 stars

If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be disappointed by this one. A couple of young, gifted outsiders and their friends take on the malign forces of authority - church, mafia, and mind-control boarding school.

It's also got the British psychic mutant equivalent of a gunfight at high noon. I might get into trouble for saying it, but I like this better than N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" series.