3.77 AVERAGE

mysterious medium-paced
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
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keelmd77's review

4.0

This is my 6th AY and the two most recent ones I absolutely adored. I was really excited for this one and blew through it- it was only 277 pages?

“Everything was so…alive, making it feel impossible that anything could ever die here. But maybe, in a way, nothing did.”

Right away, there was an eerie ness to it. AY’s signature
descriptive writing style is similarly ghostly- with a twin peaks intentionally hazy vibe where I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on until the last page!

“The gorge was like an unraveling seam in the universe, a portal to a new realm where nothing else existed.”

4.5 stars- read this one in the woods!

anuhleuh's review

5.0

this book was basically designed to check every single box for me. the writing was so immersive and beautiful i felt sucked in from the very first page. the way all the mysteries unraveled was so well done and unpredictable but not in the trying too hard to surprise way. i have a feeling that the romance plot probably gets mixed reactions depending on the reader but for me personally it worked so well and didn’t feel shoehorned which i think is always a risk when you add that element to a story as packed as this one. i just don’t even have the right words to convey how well done i think this book was

hippiecatlady's review

3.75
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

The first half of this book was hard to get through. I think because James is struggling so much I was also struggling. As the details started to pick up I got more into it and did really like the last 1/3 and the ending!

perfect no notes
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes

This is just the kind of mystery I’ve been craving lately!
dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

moon_0001's review

3.0
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A