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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book for an honest review.
“But she had not gotten to where she was by being meek, only paranoid. Only proud.”
This novella was really interesting and I would absolutely love more books in this universe? Realm? There were moments where I did feel lost, however, I had to remind myself there’s only so much you can keep in a novella. Additionally, I would have loved more development of the relationship of the two women, as this was marketed as an LGBTQ+ book and expected a little more in that aspect. All in all though, it was really solidly creepy and fantastic! I love a good creepy parasitic style garden as much as the next guy (probably?).
“But she had not gotten to where she was by being meek, only paranoid. Only proud.”
This novella was really interesting and I would absolutely love more books in this universe? Realm? There were moments where I did feel lost, however, I had to remind myself there’s only so much you can keep in a novella. Additionally, I would have loved more development of the relationship of the two women, as this was marketed as an LGBTQ+ book and expected a little more in that aspect. All in all though, it was really solidly creepy and fantastic! I love a good creepy parasitic style garden as much as the next guy (probably?).
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was one of my most highly anticipated books of 2021 and boy did it deliver.
Shuttleworth does a fantastic job at bringing in several new elements to the world as we know it. This is the first book in a trilogy, and thus requires a lot of worldbuilding and lore. At times it did feel overwhelming and slowed down my usual reading process due to the amount of information provided. The inclusion of deities and immortals, with fae being mortals, was a unique and fun choice.
These characters were individually very fleshed out. Of course, I have my favorites, Nausicaa being most definitely one of them. The clever wit combined with the nervous kindness of Arlo was fantastic to read about. The boys have a little more trauma and history to their relationship, and I’m hoping that in the next book we get more information on that.
The overall plot was unique in that it was a thriller with fantasy aspects without being cheesy. I’m excited to see how things turn out for the quad, and what the future holds most especially for Aurelian and Vehan. This book felt like a lot of groundwork being laid out for a very wonderful rest of a series.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was one of my most highly anticipated books of 2021 and boy did it deliver.
Shuttleworth does a fantastic job at bringing in several new elements to the world as we know it. This is the first book in a trilogy, and thus requires a lot of worldbuilding and lore. At times it did feel overwhelming and slowed down my usual reading process due to the amount of information provided. The inclusion of deities and immortals, with fae being mortals, was a unique and fun choice.
These characters were individually very fleshed out. Of course, I have my favorites, Nausicaa being most definitely one of them. The clever wit combined with the nervous kindness of Arlo was fantastic to read about. The boys have a little more trauma and history to their relationship, and I’m hoping that in the next book we get more information on that.
The overall plot was unique in that it was a thriller with fantasy aspects without being cheesy. I’m excited to see how things turn out for the quad, and what the future holds most especially for Aurelian and Vehan. This book felt like a lot of groundwork being laid out for a very wonderful rest of a series.
