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Can I get an Airship to Prytennia Please?!

The Pyramids of London - Andrea K. Höst

I really just started reading a lot more fantasy and sci-fi books this year so I'm not an expert on the genres by a long shot. With that said, I thought the alternate world in The Pyramids of London was unique and very creative! I love the idea of the airships, daily wind blasts, automations and fulgites etc. I personally am not that creative so I never in a million years would have been able to come up with any of that stuff. I have to give Host and authors in general, credit for their creativity and originality but also for being able to keep it all straight. It's hard enough keeping up with everything going on in our own world much less keeping up with an alternate make-believe world. I definitely have a better appreciation of fantasy and sci-fi authors. I thought it would be a challenge learning all the different protectorates and allegiances and other dynamics of the alternate world but it really wasn't. Host did a great job of writing so that you are able to understand and follow along. There is also a glossary in the back to refer to.  I didn't need it but I could have used a few pictures throughout so I could see the world come to life. It would even make a great movie! I tried to picture it in my mind but its just not the same. I really hope The Pyramids of London is the start of a series because I am ready to leave the real world again for a trip back to Prytennia!

 

*I received this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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