Review: Pretty and fantastical, but hard to connect
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
A freebie short story on tor.com! I'm a bit torn on this one. For one, the prose is wonderful and the attention to detail splendid. There were phrases and sentences and paragraphs that enchanted me and carried me away to another world. Indeed, there was a significant otherworldliness to the story. And the series with which it shares a universe has been on my to-read list for a while now.On the other hand, I never really connected with Mallow or the other characters. I understood the tension in the story, but didn't really feel a part of it. And I finished the story mostly feeling as though I was missing something that other people understood. I suppose I'll chalk it up to not being familiar with the novels set in the same place, and hope that all will be clearer and more connected once I read them.