Hello fellow wanderers. Here is my review of Jeannette Ng's first book Under the Pendulum Sun this romp into a Victorian-era fantasy is at first a slow start. The story does not start to really pick up until chapter 7, but each chapter is paced rather well and keeps you wanting more, leaving off on tense moments. The way she hinted at one plotline while weaving in the deeper narrative like a well-made tapestry (as I will not spoil the book for you). The main characters Catherin and Loen Hellstone are well fleshed out and do not fall flat, the same can be said about the Pale Queen and the other fae that inhabit the chaotic landscape of Arcadia.

She did keep me guessing on the true nature of the main protagonist, but I won't tell you as that would be spoilers.

Rating: READ IT

Next reviews will be It Devours a Welcome to Nightvale book by Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor, The First two books of the Dominion of the Fallen House of Shattered Wings & House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard.

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