The Two Worlds
of Geratica Volume 2: The Mistress of Geratica by
Anne Hampton is a wonderful follow up to the first Volume. There is
some overlap between this book and the first as this one starts ten
years earlier
then Volume 1. It also gets caught up to modern times quickly so this
time change isn’t too much of a problem. Once again it is important
to remember that Geratica and its parallel,
Geraticai, are similar
to Earth but no the same place and the people who live there are not
human.
Geratica
is facing a time of political and economic turmoil due to the
increasing number of “radical” thinkers in the realm. They are
also in danger of spies from Geraticai who want to be their own world
and not just a parallel
of Geratica. As things reach a breaking point The Mistress of
Geratica comes forward to aid in setting things right again. Sadly
even that doesn't
fix things right away.
Linda
has a hard time getting bills passed through Parliament
and Alexandra’s boyfriend, Tom, is caught in a compromising
position. Alexandra finds herself gaining
confidence
as her own woman and makes some very big decisions for not only
herself but for Geratica as a whole. It
is questionable though if Geratica can survive the strikes and civil
unrest and form a way to keep
both the radicals and convinces
happy. At the same time, the government in Geraticai keeps changing so
fast it is hard to keep track of who is in charge at any given time.
Eventually, Geraticai goes to war. To say the least, things are not
going good for the two worlds of Geratica.
What
I liked best was that in my review of the first book I complained
that the second world (Geraticai) didn’t play a big part in the
story yet this book fixed that entirely. The two worlds become
intertwined in this book in such a way that it is deserving of its
title. I almost regret my statement about the first book. What I
didn’t like so much was that towards the ending I got very confused
about Fiona and Robert.
Without giving anything away
their relationship with each
other and the Mistress was
good in concept but did not make since
to me very well as to why things worked out the way they did.
Once
again I suggest
a mature audience for this book. It is still geared more towards a
mostly female audience but some men may find it interesting as well.
There was still quite a bit of sexual content and politics so reader
beware. This book deserves a rating of 4
out of 4
just like the first one. It could still use to be edited a little bit
better but for the most part, I can not complain (and who am I to make
a judgment on editing). The balanced time the author spends talking
about each world
prevents either one from getting too much attention. Overall an
excellent
book once more.
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