Which, since we’re on the subject, should be amazing. There is also this subtle background of politics and rebellion that I know will be further developed in the sequel. I was instantly in love with Thea and her search for her mother. At the same time, our beloved characters are keeping secrets from each other and even themselves. Right from the beginning we are immersed into this eerie horror like aspect – one that Bowman actively engages with. So if you those books were your jam, then you’re in for a treat.

T his gave me a Into the Drowning Deep meets The Girl with All The Gifts and The Boy on the Bridge.

That being said, once I did, the tensions just mounted and mounted. I got used to it, but for the first chapters I was just having trouble figuring out who was who. Sometimes it became a bit confusing to figure out who was who and what their thoughts were. I’ve been reading a ton of multiple perspective novels, but they each had chapters dedicated. I had some favorites – like Thea – and some least favorites – like Dylan – but they end up holding you in their grasp. But while this is pitched more as a mystery, what ended up enthralling me were the characters. ReviewĬan I start out by saying that the pitch and the synopsis for this book is amazing?! It is so captivating. SummaryĪfter receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.īut when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons…and dead bodies.Īs they try to piece together who-or what-could have decimated an entire operation, they discover that some things are best left buried-and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.

I could barely put it down and once I did, it kept me awake in the night – out of fear and fascination.

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