This is a cool book. Lori Devoti does a nice job playing with various theories of Amazons and Amazon-style cultures, as well as adding unique interpretations. Zery is a leader in a difficult time, a time in which some demand change while others push for stalwart acceptance and continuance of long-standing traditions. Devoti imagines that Amazons live in the modern world, but in their own society outside and apart from human culture. This book queries "what if" the sons of the Amazons banded together, and "what if" they had similar powers to those cultivated by the Amazon women?

Although the initial question appears straightforward, AMAZON QUEEN flings the reader through intricate twists and turns of superior tale-telling. The characters are realistic and visceral, and their relationships and questions regarding their world and the changing conditions of their culture make sense. A fascinating story, AMAZON QUEEN (the sequel to AMAZON INK) makes one hunger for more works about Zery and her people, particularly because of all of the questions left unanswered.