Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill by Marie Rutkoski

Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill by Marie Rutkoski
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Historical
Length: Short Story (15 pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

Few know that the Great Chicago Fire was started deliberately, as a genocide of deadly creatures called Shades. Fewer still know that they didn’t die, not quite…but one human will confront the truth when an ominous beauty makes him gamble for his life.

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The world-building was well done. Ms. Rutkoski crafted a detailed history of the Shades that explained their violent and sad history with humans beautifully. It honestly felt like it was part of a much longer series due to how much care had been taken to show how everything had ended up at this point. Knowing it was written as a standalone work only made it all that more impressive to me.

I wish the ending had been explained in more detail. It took me some time to figure out what was going on in it. Everything happened so quickly that there wasn’t much space to show Zephyr’s thought processes or why she made the choices she did. With that being said, I still enjoyed the final scene quite a bit. It fit the tone of the story nicely.

Zephyr’s motives for wanting to harm humans made a lot of sense. I originally wasn’t sure what I’d think of a character who was so fixated on revenge, but I ended up liking her a lot. Had I been in her shoes, I almost certainly would have felt the same way she did about humans regardless of what I decided to do with that anger. She had excellent reasons for feeling the way that she did. I ultimately couldn’t blame her for them at all.

Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill left me yearning for more. Anyone who likes the Roaring Twenties should definitely check it out.