Victoria Goddard's Petty Treasons
Look, I’ll read anything Goddard writes (and have), but I’m not sure this novella was…necessary? I mean, I love spending time with Cliopher and the Emperor, but their working relationship and growing friendship has been pretty well covered, at length, in The Hands of the Emperor and, to a lesser extent, in The Return of Fitzroy Angursell. So a novella about Cliopher's early days as the Emperor's secretary is trodding pretty well-worn ground. The writing here also tends toward the overwrought, which is not my personal favorite (though there are some nice funny moments too). B+?
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