The Luminous Dead

The tension and the emotions! There are so many times that Gyre could have died, but even as she is working to survive, she and Em are both dealing with grief and obsession. That moving back and forth between emotion and tension was the strength of the book. We also get a pretty good sense of place being underground in the cave. It feels weighty and a bit claustrophobic. If you want to spend time underground trying to survive obsession as well as all the problems in an underground cavern, pick this up!