The Twice-Drowned Saint - Review
Link to the author's (C. S. E. Cooney) personal website
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (40)
- Length (2 / 10)
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Blurb: Contained inside impassable walls of ice, the city of Gelethel endures under the rule of fourteen angels, who provide for all their subjects' needs and mete out grisly punishments for blasphemous infractions, with escape attempts one of the worst possible sins. Our narrator is Ishtu Q'Aleth (Ish for short), the new owner of Gelethel's only cinema. More importantly, she's also the secret saint of Alizar the Eleven-Eyed, Seventh Angel of Gelethel, and one of the fourteen angels who holds dominion over the city
Review: A gorgeous original fantasy story that managed to make me smile many times. The godless angelic city of Gelethel and a cinema owner named Ishtu had me hooked instantly. The writing style combined perfectly with the assumed knowledge of the book's slang. The ending is a prime example of how to satisfyingly finish a story without overly expounding. This is a type of stand-alone book that I rarely manage to find and much love.