This was half-price in e-form the other week, and ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
teithiwr recommended it, so I thought it was worth a read :)
In the mid 19th century, Catherine Helstone travels to Arcadia in search of her brother Laon who is a missionary to the fae. She is delivered to Gethsemane the house where Laon lives, and must wait there for his return.
The early parts of this book remind me of the start of Dracula, as Harker explores the castle he is all-but imprisoned in. It's an eerie, unsettling read, and things get darker and more strange as you go on. I found it a bit hard going in places, but the setting is fascinating, and you're never quite sure what is and isn't true. The theology that is argued about by the characters felt genuine, too, rather than being parody or window-dressing.
There are plenty more stories that could be told under the pendulum Sun, although I don't know if a sequel is planned.
teithiwr recommended it, so I thought it was worth a read :)In the mid 19th century, Catherine Helstone travels to Arcadia in search of her brother Laon who is a missionary to the fae. She is delivered to Gethsemane the house where Laon lives, and must wait there for his return.
The early parts of this book remind me of the start of Dracula, as Harker explores the castle he is all-but imprisoned in. It's an eerie, unsettling read, and things get darker and more strange as you go on. I found it a bit hard going in places, but the setting is fascinating, and you're never quite sure what is and isn't true. The theology that is argued about by the characters felt genuine, too, rather than being parody or window-dressing.
There are plenty more stories that could be told under the pendulum Sun, although I don't know if a sequel is planned.
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