I read this book when it was recommended on the Captain Awkward blog over a decade ago, and then I made a trope page for it, something I did (and do) with a lot of books that I liked (and like). I'm really glad this one's done so well! It brightens my day when I see a random trope and find an entry for A Brother's Price on it.
I wonder why it's resonated well enough to get this fleshed out? It struck me because this was my first experience with this sort of Stereotype Flip, and I liked all the characters. The only other Lady Land book I'd read before this was If I Pay Thee Not In Gold, which... I found profoundly misogynistic, wheras this was worldbuilt interestingly and didn't creep me out. It also gets thoughtful and interesting about consent in a way I hadn't seen before.
Rereading it after several years I felt the pacing had a few issues in the back end, it seems to have a bit of Cosmic Deadline going on, but not too bad. This is still my favorite Wen Spencer book.
an old friend
I read this book when it was recommended on the Captain Awkward blog over a decade ago, and then I made a trope page for it, something I did (and do) with a lot of books that I liked (and like). I'm really glad this one's done so well! It brightens my day when I see a random trope and find an entry for A Brother's Price on it.
I wonder why it's resonated well enough to get this fleshed out? It struck me because this was my first experience with this sort of Stereotype Flip, and I liked all the characters. The only other Lady Land book I'd read before this was If I Pay Thee Not In Gold, which... I found profoundly misogynistic, wheras this was worldbuilt interestingly and didn't creep me out. It also gets thoughtful and interesting about consent in a way I hadn't seen before.
Rereading it after several years I felt the pacing had a few issues in the back end, it seems to have a bit of Cosmic Deadline going on, but not too bad. This is still my favorite Wen Spencer book.