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A review by mouseg
Empire of Light by Alex Harrow
3.0
3.5 stars
I fell into a reading slump about 21% through this. No fault of this book, I was enjoying it, life just got crazy and reading became a chore. I picked this up again a few weeks later and fell right back into it.
The world building is simple, it just plays off our planet in the future, so it’s easy to imagine yourself there. My only issue was that I wasn’t sure if magic was present or not. There were parts where I thought it was and other parts where I thought the ‘abilities’ were science based. I wish that had been clearer.
I love, love, love the LGBTQ+ rep in this book. I can’t decide which character was my favourite as I enjoyed all of them. In all, a very solid first book from the author. I will seek out the sequels.
The author did a great job of listing any and all trigger warnings. It might have seemed like overkill but you never know what another has experienced.
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I fell into a reading slump about 21% through this. No fault of this book, I was enjoying it, life just got crazy and reading became a chore. I picked this up again a few weeks later and fell right back into it.
The world building is simple, it just plays off our planet in the future, so it’s easy to imagine yourself there. My only issue was that I wasn’t sure if magic was present or not. There were parts where I thought it was and other parts where I thought the ‘abilities’ were science based. I wish that had been clearer.
I love, love, love the LGBTQ+ rep in this book. I can’t decide which character was my favourite as I enjoyed all of them. In all, a very solid first book from the author. I will seek out the sequels.
The author did a great job of listing any and all trigger warnings. It might have seemed like overkill but you never know what another has experienced.
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.