Some time around the end of the school year I discovered that Dekalb public library was celebrating it's 100 year anniversary with a book challenge. The challenge is to read 100 books in 2025 that each satisfy a specific category. You can see the list here. I love a challenge but some of the categories are harder to satisfy than others. It being a library challenge, they have helpfully provided lists.
I found Stone and Steel on a helpful list for "read a book that is less than 100 pages." Turns out that it's rather difficult to look specifically for novellas, so I needed some help.
This was a pretty good little story about a woman coming back from war only to find that the queen she was fighting for wasn't protecting the people. When Aaliyah tries to confront her queen for the good of the people, she's branded a traitor.
It's a well developed fantasy world with interesting characters. The relationships were nicely complex and the protagonist, Aaliyah, is easy to identify with.
My biggest complaint is that Dunbar crammed a three book series into 92 pages and it irks me. The whole story felt rushed and abrupt. It needed more space to breath. I can only hope that Dunbar will some day go back and expand this out into a full series
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