Review: dark
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
Despite the fantasy setting, this short story reads much more like a horror and I have classified it accordingly.Ms Miller creates an adequately oppressing atmosphere striking the exact balance to make her story creepy but without having her reader wondering why the lead does not simply run away: if a setting is too menacing, infact, the author must also devise an excuse to prevent her characters from fleeing it.The theocracy she establishes as political background not only contributes to the bleak atmosphere but it also allows the reader some uncomfortable parallels with our reality.While the story could have been longer, it does not feel underdeveloped. Writing is good, the two leads are well outlined and the plot is tight.That said, I am not a great fan of horror and I only held out because I knew there was going to be a HEA.