![]() ![]() These gifts to humanity can send their individual senses in as many directions as they would like. The island of Gullstruck boasts a select few who are Lost. I’ll try to keep them as small as possible, but that’s nearly impossible with this book. From here on in, there will be some spoilers. Long story short: This story is amazing, the setting expanding, the plot complex yet easy to follow. ![]() ![]() ![]() I know now why it was so bland: whoever wrote the cover didn’t want to give anything away. Though Hardinge had written the excellent Fly by Night and I hungered for her to write another story, this plot did not engage me, based on what was written on the cover. I picked up this volume a few years ago, but the cover description was… bland at best. It’s going to be hard to write a full review without giving numerous spoilers. I could swim in this world, it’s so well constructed. Hardinge created such a lush world with so much wonder and grit, I despair of ever putting together a fictional setting nearly so fulfilling. The story pulls me along, and the second I finish reading, I have to write. Sometimes, as a writer, when I read a book filled with a compelling plot, an inventive and immersive world, and engaging characters, I’m inspired to create on my own. ![]()
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