03-01-2022, 02:22 PM
(03-01-2022, 08:09 AM)dargosmydaddy Wrote: Overwhelmed by choices, and by giant-sized books!
The one in the top right (well, my right, Sophie's left) has an interesting-looking cover, too, but I can't read the title...?
That's Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly. It's one of the ones I can't really classify, it's probably what they call a genre bender. It's set in a secondary world which is very reminiscent of the Weimar Republic in the '30's, but it's not our world. Because of the secondary world thing it's probably classified as fantasy, but it has no magic whatsoever. It is, however, a damned good book. It's part of a trilogy, but you don't have to read the other two, although if you read Amberlough and liked it then you are definitely going to want to read the rest.