A review by thistle_and_verse
She Who Hears All Whispers by DaVaun Sanders

3.0

The phage-based magic system and the coastal setting were the highlights for me. Sanders has some good body horror descriptions of the different strains of phage and its effects on their hosts. There's a lot of new terminology and hierarchies, and you learn by observation. It was a bit confusing, since it's a novella, and it felt like some parts of this story needed more time to develop. Suraldisha is a driven protagonist, but parts of her character arc felt cliche/ flat. There was a twist at the end that redefines the whole story, and I re-read the novella since it's so short, and I'm still not satisfied with how it was executed.