Rhiannon
𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 10, 2026 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕: 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑰 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍...
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The ending was a bit of a conflict for me - there was beauty and bloody brutality mixed in, but then there was also a surprise element right at the end that I found off-putting and unnecessary.
My thanks to Galaxy Press, Victory Editing and NetGalley for the advance copy.
𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 10, 2026 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕: 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑰 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍...
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The ending was a bit of a conflict for me - there was beauty and bloody brutality mixed in, but then there was also a surprise element right at the end that I found off-putting and unnecessary.
My thanks to Galaxy Press, Victory Editing and NetGalley for the advance copy.