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A review by doom_inique
The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan
5.0
I am giving this five stars for the marked improvement in writing and storytelling. “The Gracekeepers” was an interesting story set in an interesting world, but the writing style was very choppy and the story was oddly constructed. Characters were a little thin and the book focused on characters that I felt really had nothing to do with the narrative.
“The Gloaming” is a haunting little story about a girl, Mara, and her family living in an old house on a strange island. There’s a little bit of everything: romance, mystery, adventure, loss, magic.
I enjoyed the story more than “The Gracekeepers” and found the characters to be more fleshed-out and individual. The whole world is a little less interesting, but the Island is wonderfully imagined. I found the ending to be satisfying.
The magic was both more and less subtle in this book, the relationships more believable, and I enjoyed the continued water/sea/ocean theme from the first book.
“The Gloaming” is a haunting little story about a girl, Mara, and her family living in an old house on a strange island. There’s a little bit of everything: romance, mystery, adventure, loss, magic.
I enjoyed the story more than “The Gracekeepers” and found the characters to be more fleshed-out and individual. The whole world is a little less interesting, but the Island is wonderfully imagined. I found the ending to be satisfying.
The magic was both more and less subtle in this book, the relationships more believable, and I enjoyed the continued water/sea/ocean theme from the first book.