Falcon's Favor

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Falcon's Favor by Dana Fraedrich

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This was sweet. I met the author at a steampunk convention and she sold her book well. I will say this has one of the most corrupt and ugly police state I've seen in a while. Falcon was a member of The Enforcers, a generational profession for him and his family. However, tired of the Enforcers being oppressive, deciding someone is guilty with little to no evidence and putting them in the Halls of Justice for life for pretty much any offense (The society that wanted to kill Wesley Crusher for stepping on the grass since death was the penalty for everything sprang to mind with this), Falcon exposes the corruption and starts reforms.

He's cut off from his rich family and was injured recently leaving him with a cane and physical therapy he has to do on top of moving in to somewhere inexpensive. His friends help him find a place with Keene, a young caterer who is also starting to grow his business and needed a roommate to help make ends meet. Within a few days of getting to know each other, they are robbed and Falcon -with Keene's help and encouragement - wants to find their stuff and maybe not put someone in jail for life in the process.

Falcon and Keene (especially) are sweet and as one might imagine, reforming from such an oppressive state isn't easy. The setting has a gas lamp feel to it, rather Victorian with those same constrictions on the female characters.

The mystery unfolds well and the romance is definitely slow burn. I liked the guys a lot and the resolution was fun and action packed. The only thing that didn't quite work for me was Keene's reaction to something Falcon did which was understandable but Keene went a bit over the top, not even listening to the explanation (in full disclosure that is a huge pet peeve of mine).



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