A review by elockwood
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

4.0

I am a sucker for books about writing books. This is an incredibly creative, engaging take on that trope. I feel like I learned a ton of practical knowledge about what it's like to publish a book and also fully enjoyed the world of the book-within-the-book. That being said, my problem with books that have multiple narratives is that I always end up favoring one over the other. That was the case with this, and I found myself skipping through some of the "real world" chapters because reading about Darcy writing was not as engaging as reading what Darcy wrote. Lots of fantastic female characters and an interesting subplot discussion about cultural appropriation added to the book as well.