Aether Ones By Wendi Coffman-Porter
I am excited to be taking part in yet another @TheWriteReads blog tours! Today is is for the wonderful 'Aether Ones'. I was immediatley drawn to this one as the cover reminded me of Ready Player One which is my favourite sci-fi book of all time. I do love the genre but dont tend to read as much of it as i should really.
Synopsis:
'Leilani Falconi is a top agent for the Imperial Investigative Service, tasked with policing the veil between two realities. Long ago, the Great Sundering tore the universe into two mirrored halves; aether space, which progressed using magical energy or eldrich, and kuldain, which advanced via electromagnetic technology. But now a series of suspicious deaths stretching back more than a decade has the agent trapped directly between secretive bureaucracies and their peoples. If she can’t solve the mysterious crimes in time, existence as she knows it could erupt into chaos.'
The book is a mystery with softer sci-fi elements which ive never really read before, so refreshing! The book was a nice mix of sci-fi, mytsery with just a touch of fantasy.
One of my biggest struggles with the book was the lack of world building, i wanted to know more and a bit of expansion on the world would have really put the story in context. We are from the first page thrust into the action without much of an introduction which was unusual, I must admit i struggled with the writing at first but i got used to it the more i read and i did end up really enjoying this book. There was so much fast paced action to keep me enthralled throughout.
Leilani was an interesting protagonist for sure, she was smart, interesting and independent with a little dash of sass for good measure. I enjoyed reading about her and constantly felt myself wanting to know more.
I read a ton of SFF and have recently been straying more towards adult rather than YA so i do wonder if that has in some way affected my reading experience of this book but none the less i did enjoy it and i was glad the main story was somewhat wrapped up in the first book. Im excited to check out more from this author as this book was packed to the brim with potential.
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