The term vitagua is clumsy; it would be better rendered as aguavida or some similar phrase. For most of the novel, I struggled with characters I didn't like or had little interest in. Any work where the protagonist is confused and seemingly apathetic faces a struggle to engage the reader. Once As...
I am getting lazy about writing my reviews! I read Child last weekend. Bad Dr Susan!I liked Child of a Hidden Sea. The world was unique enough to be intriguing, and the magic system was fun. The animals, natural and made, were very interesting. I did find myself thinking several times that Sophie...
He’d come back, Astrid knew, and forcing the issue would be a mistake. She still heard the four of them up ahead in the future—her, him, and the kids. Chattering, getting along. Happy. It didn’t help the hurt she was feeling now. He’d dumped her. Walked away, like Sahara. And she should’ve seen i...
The Project Mayfly nurse waited as I raised myself onto a wicker table with a surface made of tightly-strung hide, a grid that put me in mind of a tennis racket. The squares of string pressed against the thin fabric of my hospital gown. As I climbed on, I couldn’t help not...