Title: A Letter to the Luminous Deep
Series: The Sunken Archive #1
Author: Sylvie Cathrall
A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other.
Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.’s home, and she and Henerey vanish.
A year later, E.’s sister Sophy, and Henerey’s brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery of their siblings’ disappearances with the letters, sketches and field notes left behind. As they uncover the wondrous love their siblings shared, Sophy and Vyerin learn the key to their disappearance – and what it could mean for life as they know it.
E and Henerey, who correspond in letters only, go missing and then their siblings start to correspond using their letters and notes to see if they can solve the mystery of where they have gone.
So there’s good bits and not so good bits for me here….let’s start with the good bits!
~ Stunning cover
~ Unique format
~ Such a creative story
~ Writing is superb
~ Historical, underwater fantasy (love)
~ Gives you that cozy feeling
~ Romance was so cute
Now …..because of the few different points of view, I got lost at who was speaking. A lot. Then I had to go and relisten and also not much happens until the last quarter.
I did enjoy this and will read the next book but will slow my reading pace right down…and that’s my advice…..take time reading this book and take it all in!
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