2022 Catch-up Review: The Elf Tangent

The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a fun, binge-worthy read. I love that Buroker went off at 'a tangent' in the middle of the couple of series she is currently working on, and took the time to get this stand-alone novel involving elves. We have a princess who loves solving maths problems and is a secretly aspiring economist bound by her princess duties and the fact that she is a woman. Then we have this elf mercenary who strongly believes she is the sole person to help solve an elf-problem that has been taking place for centuries by then.

I find it interesting that Buroker worked with the usual princess story tropes. It was rather unusual for her, but I believe it worked. One gets the sense that she thoroughly enjoyed herself with this one, and I suspect that playing with the tropes made her absolutely gleeful.

Her characters, as usual, were spot-on, and the main ones are endearing. There is her usual dose of light-hearted banter, but always, beneath the surface, there is depth to each of her characters that drifts to the surface in their expressions, tones and mannerisms.

This was an easy 5 stars to give!