The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher

The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was an interesting one to read. We move from following the more independently minded characters, to heretics to this book here – which follows the ‘faithful’. Specifically Natasha Ionadis.

Natasha is a Guard – one of those people shown in earlier books as being a member of the ‘elite’ military force filled with peacocks. People much more interested in appearances than in skill and the like. Specifically, though, they, the Guards, are those who ‘guard’ the Sisterhood. And Natasha is that – faithful. Devout. Big believer in Goddess Celaeno. And the Elder-Ones. She’s probably the last person anyone would use as a spy – because 1) she’s so devout that she has trouble lying; 2) it, most of the time, is quite obvious when she’s lying (mostly because she doesn’t want to lie). Naturally, then, Natasha . . . becomes a spy.

Three heretics were picked up on their way to Westernfort – the Heretics land. The Intelligence division of the guards, or a major in it, sees this as an opportunity – she kind of looks similar to one of the woman, and she can gather up two more women to go with her undercover to head off to Westernfort and do some damage. Which is where Natasha comes in – one of the three captured women is 18, and the Intelligence division is filled with more mature looking people – and while Natasha is 21, she can, at a stretch, be seen as 18 – and, most importantly, she resembles that 18 year old. And so, devout, honest, loyal Natasha becomes a spy. Sent on a suicide (‘maybe not, but probably’) mission to Westernfort to kill three people – the ex-Sister/Imprinter Gina, Captain Kim Ramon, and Imprinter Lynn.

Interesting book. Quite fun.

Rating: 4.48

December 23 2016




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