I really love these dark, beautiful books, but I suppose that it doesn't matter as it doesn't look like we will be getting the rest of the series....
I really love these dark, beautiful books, but I suppose that it doesn't matter as it doesn't look like we will be getting the rest of the series....
This sequel to the mind-bending Eastern European dark academia fantasy Vita Nostra is a bit of a slog, but I was glad for the chance to immerse myself again in the world of Sasha Samokhina, the Institute of Special Technologies, and the Great Speech. There really is no stranger linguistic magic system or higher philosophical stakes than in this series—I‘m hoping this installment just suffered from Middle Book Syndrome.
The first book in the Vita Nostra series was one of the absolute best books I read this year and this was a very creditable and enjoyable follow up! It lacked some of the mystery of not knowing what was going on at the university at all that we had in the first book but I absolutely loved this book as well. The world building is so rich and odd it‘s just like nothing else.
#scarathlon #skeletoncrew