This is another book I’ve been wanting to pick up for a long while, and I think it may have suffered from my expectations building up too much. I knew it was a queer romance of sorts which takes place through letters between two agents of opposing sides during some sort of war. I don’t think I was expecting it to be so heavy on the sci-fi aspects though, and the prose combined with these complicated (for me, a sci-fi amateur) left me a bit confounded at times. 

But there were also some absolutely stunning pieces of writing, and the yearning and longing portrayed between two women who can have nothing to do with each other was top notch. When I wasn’t confused, I loved the creativity on display with the various worlds (threads as they’re called here) visited by the two agents. It’s clearly been very meticulously plotted, and I appreciated the ending. 

It was written by two separate people, but I thought the writing styles really complimented one another. I am assuming that one wrote Blue and the other wrote Red’s chapters, but don’t quote me on that.

Overall, not a new fave but definitely one I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to sci-fi fans who love gorgeous writing.