I will say, the beginning of this book didn't impress me, but once the time stuff really got going I was hooked. It starts out with a cop who has lunch with his ex-wife and then gets called to a woman's suicide attempt. Not really my style. Even the introduction of False Memory Syndrome (FMS) didn't really get me, it's only when time and reality start getting messed with for Barry do I begin to get interested.
A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform … Continue reading A Letter to the Luminous Deep release!
This was....interesting, to say the least. I will start by saying this is almost a novel in verse. I don't quite know if I would call it "in verse," but before going into it readers should be aware that the author experiments with the text structure and layout as an aspect of the story. It's definitely interesting, but I hadn't been expecting it and so it threw me off.
This book starts out relatively slow, and even when it picks up this is a character-driven novel more than a plot-driven one. I've seen it likened to Emily Wilde's, which I would have to agree with, and imo the pacing is pretty similar between the two.
To start, I'll say I'm not sure whether to classify this book as fantasy or sci-fi since I feel it has elements of both. The world the book is set in is 'greenpunk,' with buildings grown from plants and things like AC from mushrooms, and the characters have powers augmented
So...let's have this be the last time I'm fooled by pretty colors and Sumerian cuneiform (also the last time I take a book recommendation from another book).
While I still rated this one 5 stars, I'm not sure I liked it quite as much as I liked the other two books in the trilogy. I liked being in Lexi's head and going along with her on her journey, but I felt like something was lacking.
I was a little nervous coming into this one since it's completely separate from the Secret Shanghai world, but I needn't have been, I absolutely love this book.
Dex and Mosscap have returned to civilization in this book and are now on their way to visiting the numerous cities and towns interested in meeting Mosscap.
I held off reading this book for a while and now I'm not sure why I did. It's right in line with the kind of stories, and particularly novellas, that I enjoy.
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