--- title: "Review: A Treason of Truths, by Ada Harper" description: Ana reviews A Treason of Truths, an F/F sci-fi romance by Ada Harper. image: https://www.loveinpanels.com/hubfs/a-treason-of-truths.jpg --- [![LoveinPanelswhite.png](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LoveinPanelswhite.png?width=640&height=225&name=LoveinPanelswhite.png "LoveinPanelswhite.png")](http://loveinpanels.com/) Search ![A Treason of Truths Cover](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/a-treason-of-truths.jpg?height=500&name=a-treason-of-truths.jpg) **Title**: [A Treason of Truths](https://www.loveinpanels.com/books?id=6213519068) **Author**: - [Ada Harper](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?author=Ada+Harper) **Heat**: Re **Genre(s)**: [Romance](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Romance) [Sci-Fi](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Sci-Fi) **Tropes**: [Friends to Lovers](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Friends+to+Lovers) [Second Chance](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Second+Chance) [Royalty](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Royalty) **Tags**: [return to hometown](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=return%20to%20hometown) [best friends](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=best%20friends) [chosen family](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=chosen%20family) [class differences](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=class%20differences) [mating bond](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=mating%20bond) [PoC](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=PoC) [politics](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=politics) [prickly heroine](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=prickly%20heroine) [princess](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=princess) [rich heroine](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=rich%20heroine) [royalty](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=royalty) [sci-fi](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=sci-fi) [Secrets](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Secrets) [spies](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=spies) [f-f](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=f-f) **Where to Buy or Read**: [Amazon](https://amzn.to/2zpjE1q) [Kobo](https://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=2J8ZNsFdbgk&offerid=551651.101219781488030659&type=2&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Febook%2Fa-treason-of-truths) **Synopsis from the Creator**: She turned her back on her people and shifted her allegiance to the very Empire she was sent to betray Now head spymaster, Lyre’s loyalty lies with Sabine, the Empress she has loved since childhood. But when Sabine visits the secretive Cloud Vault, the floating citadel home that Lyre betrayed, Lyre’s elaborate web of lies starts to untangle. Her very presence threatens Sabine’s future, and Lyre will do whatever it takes to protect her lover…even if that means sacrificing herself. Empress Sabine Corvus has lived a life of service, pushing aside her own desires for the greater good. With the Empire teetering on the brink of war with the traitorous Syndicate, she cannot afford to show weakness. Although Lyre’s spymaster skills are her greatest weapon, their bond is Sabine’s Achilles’ heel. Regardless of the price, she will not give Lyre up. # [Review: A Treason of Truths, by Ada Harper](https://www.loveinpanels.com/prose/a-treason-of-truths) [fa icon="calendar"] Sep 27, 2018 8:30:00 AM / by [Ana Coqui](https://www.loveinpanels.com/prose/author/ana-coqui) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I adored the first book in [this duology](https://www.loveinpanels.com/prose/a-conspiracy-of-whispers) and so I had high expectations for this romance. I was eager to go back into this world and and explore the flip-side of the tropes from the first book. Unlike Galen and Olivia who meet during an assassination attempt and grow in to love and trust, Sabine and Lyre have been partners and friends for decades. Again Harper works to upend trope expectations while leaning into others. I loved the contrast between Lyre and Sabine’s styles and how that played into the way their romantic conflict were resolved. I am looking forward to more queer romantic adventures from Harper and I hope we see more like this from Carina Press in the future. Lyre has found contentment and purpose serving spy Empress Sabine, guarding her throne from the shadows as her spy-master but when the empress ignores her advice and insists on accepting the mysterious Cloud Vault’s invitation for a summit between the Empire and Syndicate, Lyre is forced to take actions that neither of them ever anticipated. Lyre and Sabine’s relationship is a friends-to-lovers slow burn romance, where both of them have long-ago committed their hearts while learning to deny the depth of their feelings and smother any acknowledgement of passion in order not risk their friendship and partnership. They had one night early one when things almost boiled over, and neither of them speak of it. While Lyre’s loyalty to Sabine has always been legendary, she fears if the truth of her past was revealed it would sunder their relationship and if it didn’t, it would threaten the security of Sabine’s throne. Like the first book in this series, intense action dominates the book. Sabine, Lyre and a band of allies slip and slide through the murky underbelly of the Cloud Vault’s flying citadel, tangling with deadly carnivorous vines while trying to untangle the motives of their secretive hosts. About half-way my interest flagged a bit during some of the longer action sequences but my longing for more romance between Lyre and Sabine was rewarded by an incredibly swoony final chapters of the novel. I am not usually a fan of grand gestures but Sabine’s whole life is one of theatrical and strategic actions meant to wow her subjects and rivals and it was wonderful to see Lyre step out of the shadows and prove herself able to stand by her beloved’s side and stop playing the romantic martyr.     **Content Warnings**: guns, torture, abduction. 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