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A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
A lovely, sweet story. Hard to describe - Victorian, epistolary (told entirely through pieces of in-universe writing, from letters to diaries to notes scribbled on scraps of paper), romance, adventure, Meaningfully Capitalized Words, post-apocalytic but in a gentle way.
The world ended 1000 years ago, during what seems to have been Victoria times in our world. The entire world was flooded, modulo a few tolls, and people now live in boats or underwater structures. There are two sets of main characters: E. Cidnosin and Henerey Clel, two anxious people who fall in love over letters about marine creatures; and Sophy Cidnorghe and Vyerin Clel, their respective siblings, who are trying to reconstruct the circumstances of E. and Henerey's mysterious deaths based on their letters.Turns out, E. and Henerey are probably less dead than they think.
I enjoyed this a lot, but I'm not sure it needs a sequel. I was surprised to reach the end and see "Story continues in Book Two." I think another couple chapters could have brought the story to a complete and emotionally fulfilling resolution. As is, the book feels a bit incomplete. Still, it was a very nice and enjoyable read, and I'll keep an eye out for the sequel.
The world ended 1000 years ago, during what seems to have been Victoria times in our world. The entire world was flooded, modulo a few tolls, and people now live in boats or underwater structures. There are two sets of main characters: E. Cidnosin and Henerey Clel, two anxious people who fall in love over letters about marine creatures; and Sophy Cidnorghe and Vyerin Clel, their respective siblings, who are trying to reconstruct the circumstances of E. and Henerey's mysterious deaths based on their letters.
I enjoyed this a lot, but I'm not sure it needs a sequel. I was surprised to reach the end and see "Story continues in Book Two." I think another couple chapters could have brought the story to a complete and emotionally fulfilling resolution. As is, the book feels a bit incomplete. Still, it was a very nice and enjoyable read, and I'll keep an eye out for the sequel.