unicorndeburgh reviewed Heart of Briar by Laura Anne Gilman
Review of 'Heart of Briar' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Suspense, fascinating characters, imaginative world, and wit. Highly recommended.
I couldn't put it down. The protagonist, Jan, wakes up to a problem, and the danger just keeps ratcheting up. Jan is smart and stubborn—and asthmatic. I loved her heading into danger, patting her pocket to make sure that she had her inhaler.
Like Gilman's Retrievers series, she adds supernatural beings to this world and makes them both plausible, and alien. Jan struggles to believe they're real, then to figure out what she can, and can't, trust them to do. She has to rely on a creature that looks human (most of the time) but whose nature is to charm and then kill humans. Not your usual "meet cute". She's smart, honorable, flawed and has a snarky sense of humor.
