Princess of Wands and Queen of Wands
by John Ringo are the story of an Episcopalian soccer mom who fights
demons by the power of her faith. This is a two book (so far) series
about the secret Special Circumstance department that keeps modern
America safe from and demons that manifest them selves here. It has
the smooth writing and good fun of a standard urban fantasy but with
more of a sense of realism and with a more original set-up and plot.
The novels unfold in a way that feels
natural but at the same time leads to all sorts of places you
couldn’t predict. The premise is presented very convincingly, so
it’s to imagine that this could be happening all around us without
most people ever noticing. In some ways there were some parts of the
fantasy seemed too realistic, and I had a hard time not letting the
aspect I didn’t agree with knock me out of the story. The heroin,
Barbara Everett, is not very theologically sophisticated but that
helps the story move along quickly without getting involved in issues
irrelevant to the plot.
The books certainly go places that
something published as Christian Fiction wouldn’t. But the fact
that this book is instead sf/fantasy fiction gives it a different
writing style, and one that I personally prefer. And while I wouldn’t
necessarily endorse many of the answers these books give, they do ask
some important questions in an interesting way. I would recommend
these book to anyone interested in reading urbane fantasy.
*this review was based of the final version of Princess of Wands but the e-ARC version of Queen of Wands
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