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    All is Fair: The Split Worlds - Book Three

    By Emma Newman

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    Caught in the insidious designs of powerful puppet-masters and playing a life-or-death game for control, Cathy and her comrades face their greatest challenge yet: changing the balance of power in the Split Worlds.

    Now at the heart of the Londinium Court, deceit and murder track Will’s steps as he assumes his new role as Duke. Faced with threats to his throne and his life, the consequences of his bloody actions are already coming back to haunt him...

    Meanwhile, Cathy, wrestling with the constraints of the Agency and Dame Iris, comes to terms with her new status in Fae-touched society and seeks others who feel just as restricted by its outdated social rules. As Max works with Cathy to uncover the horrors that underpin Fae-touched society, he bears witness as the final blow is struck against the last Sorcerers in Albion…

    Darkly imaginative, vividly detailed, and genre-defying in scope, ALL IS FAIR is at once a thrilling and intellectual journey into worlds beyond sight.

    “Emma Newman has built a modern fantasy world with such élan and authority her ideas of why and how the seemingly irrational world of Fairy works should be stolen by every other writer in the field.”—Bill Willingham, Eisner Award-winning creator of FABLES

    “With a feather-light touch, Emma Newman has crafted a very English fantasy, one brilliantly realised and quite delightful, weaving magic, mystery and parallel worlds together with ease.”—Adam Christopher, author of MADE TO KILL
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiversion Books
    Release dateFeb 23, 2016
    ISBN9781682303160
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    Emma Newman

    Emma Newman was born in a tiny coastal village in Cornwall during one of the hottest summers on record. Four years later she started to write stories and never stopped until she penned a short story that secured her a place at Oxford University to read Experimental Psychology. In 2011 Emma embarked on an ambitious project to write and distribute one short story per week – all of them set in her Split Worlds milieu – completely free to her mailing list subscribers. A debut short-story collection, From Dark Places, was published in 2011 and her debut post-apocalyptic novel for young adults, 20 Years Later, was published just one year later – presumably Emma didn’t want to wait another nineteen… Emma is also a professional audiobook narrator. She now lives in Somerset with her husband, son and far too many books.

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    • 4/5
      Oooh, this is starting to get really good. (not that it wasn’t before). Things are _happening_! Big things.
    • 4/5
      Review based on ARC.I received this review from NetGalley dot com; thanks to Angry Robot Ltd for the opportunity to read and review this book!I requested this book because the cover is engaging and reminded me of another book I wanted to read, though I couldn't quite place what it was. It soon became apparent -- I have the first book in this series on my bookshelf. Nevertheless, with early reviewers, time is limited, so I read the third without having read the first (or the second).Fortunately, it is an interesting enough book, with a background that is not overly complicated, so I was able to read this third without ever really feeling lost in the plot. True, I did not know who Max or his Gargoyle already were; true, I did not know who Cathy was or how William got to his place of power by trickery; true, I did not know who had already died or how, but the information was presented to me, a new reader of the series, without an overly simplistic "here's what's already happened" backdrop or an overly complicated or presumptuous inside-references.Instead, it was as though I were dropped into the middle of a mystery, and through conversation and memory, was able to piece the rest together. Each of the stories were interesting and, rather than leave me with the sense that I'd already gleaned all from the series that I needed to by reading the third book, it made me want to go back and read the first two, to get that more in depth experience of the events that I now undertand have already occurred. In other words, well done! I liked this third enough to want to read more Newman -- whether something already published, or something yet to be published.A quick synopsis:This story takes place in the Nether (a faerie-run world otherwise like ours) and in Mundanus (it's like muggles... the non-magic people or people not in the nether live in the "mundane" world -- i.e., mundanus). William has taken the throne of Londinium (the Nether-London), which makes Cathy the Duchess. What we gleaned from the prior books is that William seems to be a pretty good guy, but controlled by a pretty evil faerie, and that Cathy is a headstrong girl who wants to change the corruption and evil in the Nether. Cathy was attacked in book 2 (presumably), and William is told it is one household who has done so. William therefore wins the seat of Duke in a duel that he wins by murdering someone who had previously believed to be his friend. Cathy attempts to feel nothing romantic toward William, her husband, at the beginning of the book, but begins to realize as the book progresses that she needs his support to accomplish what she wants to accomplish.Max the arbiter and his gargoyle (where his soul is housed) continue to investigate who or what is behind the murder of a series of wizards and the corruption in London. Max and the gargoyle work with Cathy, who is an insider now given her new position as Duchess to attempt to discover the truth.Cathy's friend Sam, from Mundanus, has lost his wife and finds himself in the care of Lord Iron, which unsurprisingly puts Sam in the position of accepting an offer from Lord Iron which ends up being more than Sam himself anticipated.With a quick plot, interesting characters, and an element of mystery, Newman brings the reader fully into her tale, and eager to find out, "what next!"Recommended for readers looking for a quick urban fantasy read with dark intentions, a touch of insanity, and a subtle love story.This and other reviews can be found at AllBookReviewer.blogspot.com.
    • 4/5
      Interesting third installment of an enchanting story. Even without having read the first two books I was able to enjoy this one. The plot and characters are appealing although a few are much easier to connect to than most of the others. The author is able to engage the reader's attention and keep it throughout the book. Cleanly written without unnecessary fluff.
    • 4/5
      I had reluctance reading this as I didn't want the series to be over. It did end well and left room for more in this world and more with the characters involved. Sam is mourning his wife's death and discovers things about her that changes what he thinks about their relationship. Her former boss is taking an interest in him and he's not sure why and when he finds out it will change his life forever. Max, an Arbiter is trying to discover who's trying to kill sorcerers and Cathy is trying to find a place in the world, now that she knows about more of the inequalities, maybe now as she's the wife of the Duke of Londinium. There are wheels within wheels and stories left untold.The characters came really to life here, they all had purpose and different voices and I want to read more about them.It completes a story arc, but there's more there. I enjoyed it.
    • 3/5
      Overall good story and good ending but gets quite frustrating and also one aspect (one character's sexual assault of another) was swept under the rug and never addressed
    • 4/5
      All is Fair takes everything we know - or think we know - about the Split Worlds and muddies the water with new characters and unexpected plot twists. After two and a half books of fairly slow pace it's a sprint finish as all the things happen at once (and I would strongly recommend these three books are read as one story in three volumes for the most satisfying reading experience and plot arc).Expect further moments of rage as Emma Newman continues to tighten the screws on Socially-acceptable misogyny mixed with the heady delights of a young woman realising her full potential. As Lord Poppy observes, such a thing can destroy the worlds themselves... Be careful what you wish for.Full reviewI received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.