Review of "Furious Heaven" by Kate Elliott
I received an ARC of this book from Tor in exchange for an honest review. This review will not contain any spoilers for Furious Heaven , but will contain spoilers for the previous book in the series, Unconquerable Sun . The three main points of view--Persephone, Apama, and Sun--all carried their weight, though I tended to find Persephone the least exciting (especially in the first half of the book). Apama's increasingly complicated, but still loyal, relationship to the Phene Empire was a highlight of the book for me. She served as an excellent window into Rider politics and showed the range of Rider personalities in a way that wouldn't have made sense for the Chaonian characters. Without spoiling who exactly Apama meets, it suffices to say that she encounters Riders of all ages and temperaments, each of whom has a crucial role to play both in the plot and in her character development. If anything, I felt shortchanged by the cuts back to the Chaonian perspective, since some ev...