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aroaessidhe · 4 months ago

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2024 reads / storygraph

And The Sky Bled

standalone character driven fantasy set in a colonised island city below an eternal storm and rift that rains a magical blood-like fuel resource

after 6 months of drought, the reserves are low, and the world is on the brink of climate and societal collapse

three rivals - a thief, slumlord, and heiress with secrets and a connected past all search to find a fabled cache of magic that could save or destroy them

arc from netgalley, out oct 15

#and the sky bled #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #a unique standalone fantasy exploring climate disaster colonialism and power. I’m not sure how I feel about it though.#I found it a bit hard to grasp the broad politics/worldbuilding and connection between the characters.#There’s a lot in the details of the individual characters and what their lives are like living under oppression #but I couldn’t get a sense of like -what elements were inherent to the world and what were recent changes bc of the climate catastrophe?#Maybe that’s beside the point - I just wasn’t sure of the overall context.#Quite possibly that's partially an issue of my western viewpoint to a South Asian inspired fantasy; also #However I do appreciate that it’s a complete standalone story!#Unfortunately I never felt super sucked into the book or connected to the characters. also felt like the romance came out of nowhere.#Logically I know that the planes thing is about how decades of climate catastrophe would mean that kind of technology becomes #incomprehensible but also it felt anachronistic to me; compared to the rest of the worldbuilding? like what about any other forms of tech?#some of this might be a me problem not the book tho!

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