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A review by gonturans
Stranger by Zoe Archer
4.0
3.5 stars for a good time
I appreciate the author for her inclusion of diversity in these books as an integral part of the characters’ background and the world they live in, especially the acknowledgement that an interracial couple in 1875 would have to fight racism and bigotry.
The pacing feels kind of odd, and this book leans very hard into the fantasy aspect moreso than the previous books, AND you kind of have to accept there’s a sort of fate-at-work aspect going on with each of these couples since they fall in love in a matter of days. My biggest critique is the Primal Source is always mentioned to be from Africa, which is... a giant continent. It wouldn’t have killed Zoe Archer to pull out a map and choose a country to refer to. Also, “primal”? I–
I appreciate the author for her inclusion of diversity in these books as an integral part of the characters’ background and the world they live in, especially the acknowledgement that an interracial couple in 1875 would have to fight racism and bigotry.
The pacing feels kind of odd, and this book leans very hard into the fantasy aspect moreso than the previous books, AND you kind of have to accept there’s a sort of fate-at-work aspect going on with each of these couples since they fall in love in a matter of days. My biggest critique is the Primal Source is always mentioned to be from Africa, which is... a giant continent. It wouldn’t have killed Zoe Archer to pull out a map and choose a country to refer to. Also, “primal”? I–