Overall Take:
Super fun sapphic folklore retelling
Star Rating:
4 Stars
Genre:
Folklore, retelling
Synopsis:
When Lorelei’s mentor is murdered, there are five suspects each with their own motive. There’s only one person she can trust, her academic rival.
Lorelei and her rival must work hand in hand to uncover the truth and resist the feelings that are growing for each other. Can they figure this out before the killer strikes again?
Thoughts:
This was a really fun sapphic folklore with a gorgeous cover. I think that this book was more character driven than plot drive. Not to say that nothing happens with the plot, I just feel that we did a deeper dive into the characters than we went places with the plot, and while sometimes I struggle with this, that was not the case here. This book did start a little slow, but it felt that it was because of the intense world building to me more than anything and I enjoyed it. After a little bit, the pacing did pick up and the story took off. My biggest complaint about this one is that it seemed more YA than adult. I had to look it up but it is most definitely adult and not YA, despite reading more YA in my opinion. While this isn’t inherently wrong, it did create a disconnect that I couldn’t reconcile and caused me some frustration. However, despite that, I really did enjoy this story and had a lot of fun with it!
If you are looking for sapphic folklore retelling then you need to check this book out, it is a lot of fun.
Publication Date:
September 17, 2024
Author:
Allison Saft
Page Length:
384 pages
Publisher:
Del Rey
Thank you to:
Thank you to @delreybooks and @netgalley for this e-arc. All thoughts are my own.
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