Another place lies palm to palm with the world we know. Downside, Earth's backdoor, where magic, madness and monstrosities abide; where rain falls from a cloudless red sky and neon pulses day and night.
A fallen angel in a derelict tower weeps crystal tears.
A powerful man hides a dark secret.
Wraiths skim through the streets.
Rain and Castle dispose of monsters, be they mischievous but relatively benign sprites, or ghouls which don't limit their feasting to the already dead. When the hunters become the hunted, they must survive attacks by demons and Gettaholt citizens compelled by powerful magic. Who is trying to kill them, and why? Can a wraith die twice?
My review:
Linda's writing is magic. It took less than the first page to draw me into the story of this new world and new protagonist, and it didn't take much longer to really like the protagonist. So it's no wonder that I felt a strong hand squeezing my heart when she got into deep trouble. (No spoilers here.)
There are two henchmen (hench-elf? hench-wraith?) who got off too cheaply to my taste, but - well, I don't forgive easily.
This is one of the two or three very best reads in 2013, and I really hope to see a sequel soon.
Bearbeitet von Valerie J. Long, 31 Dezember 2013 - 14:04.
