Unwritten (The Zweeshen Chronicles #1) by Alicia J. Novo
We received an advanced reader copy of this book.
Published: May 8th 2021 by INtense Publications
Pre-order: https://amzn.to/3dyeuTK
Review
Myth: 3.5/5
The premise of this book was so fun! It leans in hard to books about books in a delightful way. Imagine a city that can take you to any book world and characters from books are the inhabitants. This is really a book for readers, it’s a love story to reading and writing.
The story read a little young. It seems categorized as YA, but the characters and plot are very early YA. Beatrix’s friends, especially Emma, read closer to middle school grade.
Magic: 3/5
As it’s a world of book worlds, magic abounds. There are all kinds of magic, though my favorite was Beatrix’s fury. I think this was setup to be an expansive story, so I expect we’ll see more of other character’s magics later, but I did have a little bit of a hard time with the Fantasy Magic distinctions.
Overall 3.5/5
A love letter to readers and writers. Unwritten introduces a huge world of worlds and I think we’ll just have to wait to see what we get to explore next.
Can we talk about this cover too? STUNNING. The perfect mix of university city and the magic of writing.
AUTHOR BIO:
Alicia has a weak spot for happy endings and transformative journeys. She spent her teenage years
in Argentina and Europe, speaks several languages and loves to travel.
An eclectic reader, she grew up on a diet ranging from Lucy M. Montgomery and Jane Austen to Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, Hermann Hesse, Jorge Luis Borges, and many classics. She's never been cured of reading a bit of everything and is as likely to geek out about Mr. Darcy as Dr. Who.
She is a history and astronomy aficionado, who walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, completed her Masters in the Netherlands and worked for Google in Ireland. She decided to become a writer at six but took a full, winding road here. Along the way, she learned if there’s one thing that cuts across cultures, one unifying thread that pulls everyone together, it's a good story.
A big-city girl, she now lives in the Midwest, where she occasionally picks apples and pretends witches exist.
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