Beth's Reviews > The Glass Sentence

The Glass Sentence strikes me as an old-school throwback to classic children's fantasy. It's got excellent, excellent worldbuilding and an intrepid protagonist armed with a map and a mission, unfettered by parental intervention. This is a story about Sophia, whose parents are explorers gone missing and whose uncle is a famed mapmaker with a hand in politics and a housekeeper with a Past. And yet somehow it's all vaguely familiar. These are characters I've met before, under different names and guises. The setting is unique and wonderful, but the story proceeds as expected.

(view spoiler)[I do have quibbles, mostly with Blanca's end and Sophia's reaction - unless Shadrack really doesn't have any noticeable marks, which would surprise me. (hide spoiler)]

It is a good story, though, and worth reading.