This is the followup to Strange The Dreamer. I hope this isn't the end of Sarai and Lazlo stories. I would like to spend more time with Eril-Fane and Azareen, with Ruby, Sparrow, and Feral, with Sheila, and even with Minya and Thyon.
Like many stories recently, Muse of Nightmares is about abuse of power and the fallout when those abused finally have had enough and fight back. It isn't always a clean outcome. There is death and loss. There is fear and anger. But there is victory and love too.
Sarai is learning how to use her powers in her new form. She doesn't want to inflict pain and suffering, she wants to help and heal.
How much of who we are and what do is comes out of trauma and how much is just our nature? Can incredible grief and loss be overcome? Can there really be a starting over, a remaking of oneself and doing better? How eternal is love? These are some of what Taylor explores in her writing. It doesn't feel preachy or forced. It feels like a fairytale, a very long one, but a fairytale none the less. I will gladly read more if she writes more.
(Finished October 19, 2018)
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