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We went to the bookstore, ostensibly so I could pick up/order books for family for xmas.
Unsurprisingly, we ended up buying surprise books. Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey promised to be a gripping, disturbing read. I picked it up for Dad, who loves sci fi. Long Shadow promises to be a sweet and fantastical romance, which I got for myself.
Did you guess already? I read all of Echo Wife in one sitting. (I'm about halfway through Long Shadow now)
Echo Wife is very very good and I'll be back soon* to babble about it
*"soon" not guaranteed
Longshadow (Olivia Atwater)
I’ve been calling this book Long Shadow because that’s how it appears on the cover but an internet search is implying that it’s all one name which also makes sense
Long story short, I enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind reading the others in the series.
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Longshadow by Oliva Atwater is a book I picked up because it was pitched (in the store) as a queer, comforting, fantastical romance.
It isn’t that--or at least, it isn’t a capital R-Romance. It’s a cute book, it’s fantasy, it’s nice and there is a queer romance in the book, but it’s not a genre romance. It’s mostly about a mystery getting solved, and also the characters fall in love along the way. (I’ve read genre romance where it’s a Romance and the characters solve a murder along the way; it’s got a different feel to it.)
That said, I enjoyed the book very much! I liked the setting, I liked the characters, and I liked the relationship. I already said I wouldn’t mind reading more in this series (in fact, I’m looking forward to it) and that’s because the setting is interesting in what is familiar and what is novel.
This is the third in a series, and you can kind of tell? I haven’t read any of the others, and I followed the action just fine. But I could also spot the hooks/traces left from the other installments. That’s A-OK by me. It gets 3/3 on the “yes it’s readable as a standalone installment” scale. I’m sure it also does that thing where your enjoyment is increased if you know the other books too.
In terms of content, there isn’t really sex and there isn’t really violence. The book does have murder and death, but it doesn’t splash it all over the stage. If you’re sensitive to death-stuff I’d look up some content notes, but nothing really jumped out at me.
All in all, if you think you’ll like this book--you probably will! I do recommend it, and I don’t really have any caveats :)
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