The tension in Closer to Home isn’t some giant kidnapping/overthrow the kingdom thing. Instead, two highborn families, whose houses are in the country, plan to stay in the capitol for a season to find proper marriages for their offspring. It’s political. However, because the letters of intent were sent without forewarning and cell phones don’t exist, the clans, who hate each other, arrive at the same time. There’s a bit of a Romeo and Juliet thing going on with the young people in these families, though Lackey plays with expectations several times, leaving me thinking, “Well, are we doing the Shakespeare tragedy or comedy?!” — in a good way. I’d hate to know exactly what will happen.

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