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Four Dead Queens
by Astrid Scholte
What an impressive debut!
I was lucky enough to receive an advanced reading copy and upon seeing the cover and synopsis was instantly excited; devouring this wonderous story as fast as my eyes could take me.
My imagination worked overtime attempting to create accurate images in my mind of the vastly different quadrants, all the while failing to truly grasp how these sectors are so geographically close together yet feel like they are from completely different worlds. I was taken from period costume with corsets and bonnets and a quadrant with no electricity to dermasuits and comm chips and technology so advanced it blew my mind! I was introduced to characters I immediately wanted to know more about and as the story progressed, was constantly surprised to discover new things about them I wouldn't have guessed.
This was a pretty cruisey novel to begin with, an easy read that wrapped me up in the stunningly creative world Astrid has created until just past half way when the rugs started ripping out from under me with twists I never saw coming- much praise for an author who can still do that so successfully!
I truly loved this book, a standing ovation from me as I (not so) patiently wait for Astrid's next masterpiece (please!) :)
I was lucky enough to receive an advanced reading copy and upon seeing the cover and synopsis was instantly excited; devouring this wonderous story as fast as my eyes could take me.
My imagination worked overtime attempting to create accurate images in my mind of the vastly different quadrants, all the while failing to truly grasp how these sectors are so geographically close together yet feel like they are from completely different worlds. I was taken from period costume with corsets and bonnets and a quadrant with no electricity to dermasuits and comm chips and technology so advanced it blew my mind! I was introduced to characters I immediately wanted to know more about and as the story progressed, was constantly surprised to discover new things about them I wouldn't have guessed.
This was a pretty cruisey novel to begin with, an easy read that wrapped me up in the stunningly creative world Astrid has created until just past half way when the rugs started ripping out from under me with twists I never saw coming- much praise for an author who can still do that so successfully!
I truly loved this book, a standing ovation from me as I (not so) patiently wait for Astrid's next masterpiece (please!) :)