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A review by brightside_83
Calor by J.J. Fischer
4.0
4 Stars ✨
Clean Fantasy
What if you could edit memories with a single touch?
Taking place 60 years after the apocalypse, the world is not what it once was. After different cataclysmic events, people would do anything for just a glimpse of the old. High valued memories are traded and nostalgia is worth dying and for some, killing for.
Sephone, orphaned and owned as a slave - has a gift, she’s a mem which means she can see and extract memories from other people’s minds. She’s highly sought after and keeps her master in business by the works she can preform. She’s tried to break free from him many times but has never succeeded.
Lord Adamo, after the brutal death of his wife and daughter, is looking for a way to break free from his memories to erase them all. He knows of a relic that can help, if only he could get his hands on a powerful Mem to journey with him on his quest. He comes across Sephone and does his best to convince her, but too afraid of her masters wrath and chains, she turns him down, without realizing she may have never even had a choice.
I really enjoyed this one! It was paced perfectly, clean and very character driven. I felt the writing was great. The only problem I personally had was with the world and its workings. I found it to have a couple holes where things were not explained fully which left me with quite a few questions. Even though that was a little annoying, the book and characters ran this ship. The more I read it didn’t matter that it didn’t feel at all like a dystopian or that I didn’t have all the answers to my questions. It was intriguing and interesting enough to keep me going. I’m looking forward to reading Lumen, which by the title - tells me it’s going to be about one of my favorite characters Cass from this installment. He brought such an edge to the plot and you really just can’t wait to know more about him. Would recommend!
Clean Fantasy
What if you could edit memories with a single touch?
Taking place 60 years after the apocalypse, the world is not what it once was. After different cataclysmic events, people would do anything for just a glimpse of the old. High valued memories are traded and nostalgia is worth dying and for some, killing for.
Sephone, orphaned and owned as a slave - has a gift, she’s a mem which means she can see and extract memories from other people’s minds. She’s highly sought after and keeps her master in business by the works she can preform. She’s tried to break free from him many times but has never succeeded.
Lord Adamo, after the brutal death of his wife and daughter, is looking for a way to break free from his memories to erase them all. He knows of a relic that can help, if only he could get his hands on a powerful Mem to journey with him on his quest. He comes across Sephone and does his best to convince her, but too afraid of her masters wrath and chains, she turns him down, without realizing she may have never even had a choice.
I really enjoyed this one! It was paced perfectly, clean and very character driven. I felt the writing was great. The only problem I personally had was with the world and its workings. I found it to have a couple holes where things were not explained fully which left me with quite a few questions. Even though that was a little annoying, the book and characters ran this ship. The more I read it didn’t matter that it didn’t feel at all like a dystopian or that I didn’t have all the answers to my questions. It was intriguing and interesting enough to keep me going. I’m looking forward to reading Lumen, which by the title - tells me it’s going to be about one of my favorite characters Cass from this installment. He brought such an edge to the plot and you really just can’t wait to know more about him. Would recommend!