So I did like this a lot better than Walton’s last book, though she is still fascinated by Italy. This one is just more interesting all around – it’s playing with meta-textual narratives in a really fun way. The narrator is the mental muse of a successful fantasy author (a Walton-esque author), but is worried that when she dies he too will die, and so he has a plan to make them both immortal. Said plan involves a lot of Shakespeare references and magic. There are also a lot of interesting hints at a larger world (give me the story of Jessica!) Like I said, it’s fun! Walton does meta really well. A/A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released tomorrow.
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