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Endless Water, Starless Sky by Rosamund Hodge
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really liked it
bookshelves: edelweiss, for-review, owned-ebook, fantasy, high-fantasy, reviewed

After the ending of Bright Smoke, Cold Fire, I was very curious as to what direction Rosamund Hodge would be taking the sequel.

I felt that initially events crawled at a snail's pace overall, meaning there were unfortunately a lot of points, at least in the first half, where I felt quite bored. However, Hodge really turns it around in the latter half, with a lot of major events occurring quite early and then snowballing forward into subsequent rather unexpected events.

Her writing is still as gorgeous as ever, really giving the novel that fairy tale feel. There was a section where lots of small short stories were included, which I really enjoyed reading. Hodge's short stories/novellas are definitely one of her strengths, and if you enjoy her writing I would say that you should definitely seek out some of the ones she's written (they're free online).

Overall, a solid conclusion to the duology. I still think that the Cruel Beauty duology was probably better, but I would recommend this series too.

Ratings
Overall: 8/10
Plot: 3.5/5
Romance: 2.5/5
Writing: 4/5
World Building: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
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Reading Progress

April 1, 2014 – Shelved as: not-yet-released
April 1, 2014 – Shelved
June 15, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read
January 31, 2018 – Shelved as: edelweiss
January 31, 2018 – Shelved as: for-review
January 31, 2018 – Shelved as: owned-ebook
July 21, 2018 – Started Reading
July 22, 2018 – Shelved as: fantasy
July 22, 2018 – Shelved as: high-fantasy
July 22, 2018 – Finished Reading
August 3, 2018 – Shelved as: reviewed

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