![]() The monsters in this book are monsters, the insane unthinkable creatures you might see populating the margins of a manuscript conjured up by some bored bloodthirsty scribe, except real. It takes a lot to make me genuinely freaked out these days, but last night, when I was halfway through the book, I was afraid to turn the lights off and go to bed. Making it to Avignon becomes her quest, and along the way, she picks up Thomas, a knight and a veteran of Crécy turned brigand, and Père Matthieu, a gay alcoholic priest, and the novel becomes a sort of Canterbury Tales-made-demonic-and-horrifying.Īnd I mean horrifying. They tell her that there is a new war between angels and devils afoot, and the corrupted heart of evil is in Avignon, the seat of the papacy post-Western Schism. It follows a peasant girl Delphine, who has shades of Joan of Arc she speaks to angels and angels speak to her. It’s the most mindbending piece of theological horror I’ve ever read, and I adore theological horror. This book was absolutely demented and, as I gave it five stars, I clearly mean that in the best way possible.īetween Two Fires is set in 1348 in Black Death-ravaged France, but it’s not a straightforward historical. Book Review: Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlmanīetween Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman ![]()
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