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Slaves to Gravity by Somer Canon, Wesley Southard
3.0

Woah, that synopsis really doesn’t come close to describing the insanity in this book! I’m going to be purposefully vague in this post because this book needs to be experienced and the best way of going into this is with no expectations

I thought the book had an interesting premise in the beginning. It’s fantasy grounded (poor word choice) in realistic human emotion. I felt for the main character and what she was experiencing. But then the book hits a certain spot and soars into apocalyptic speculative horror with a mix of stunning revelations and events

Not everything in this book worked for me (some awkward moments and dialogue, etc), and I felt like it could have used more meticulous world building. But to be fair it’s going from a single person waking from a tragic accident to an epic war between species in less than 130 pages. I promise if you read this book it’s not one that you will soon forget!