![]() ![]() While it focuses on tragedy and Leo and Claire’s past and present, the heart of the story is the grand jeu – though its meaning is truly what the story is about not the game itself – a game that is not a game, a complex feat of music, literature, mathematics and science, beautiful but remains an abstract to the reader throughout. The prose is well matched to the story, which is, itself, abstract. The Betrayals undoubtedly has beautiful prose, it is metaphorical and descriptive, full of mesmerising imagery and breathtaking settings. ![]() ![]() And while I still plan to read The Binding at some point this year, I have to admit The Betrayals, though beautifully written, did not quite hit the mark for me. So I have yet to read The Binding, because someone always seems to have taken it from the library * sigh* but when I saw this beautiful book on Netgalley I had to request it because it sounded incredibly interesting. But tragedy struck Leo in the past, and when he meets Claire – The Magister Ludi – those memories come to the surface.ĬW/TW: suicide/mentions of suicide/mental health-ableism/bullying/neglect/sexism/death/other warnings may exist that I have missed. ![]() Synopsis: Leo, a disgraced politician, is forced to return to Montverre in order to study the Grand Jeu. ![]()
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