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I said brrrr…. It’s cold in here!
⏰ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫: Val is an anxiety-fighting linguist grappling with the suicide of her twin brother Andy, when his mentor/coworker/fellow scientist Wyatt calls to enlist her help. In Greenland. Yup.. Arctic GREENLAND. He claims to have thawed a native girl from the ice who speaks a language no one understands. Val, in disbelief, reluctantly embarks on the journey, not merely to aid in linguistics (to whatever this is), but to uncover what actually caused her brother’s death. What she uncovers is a lengthy, improbable, fantastical adventure in deception and intrigue she never saw coming.
💡𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Cue the cocoa! Everything about this book is meant to be chilling – from the freezing location, to the cold demeanor of some characters, to the biting cold plot.
𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐲’𝐚𝐥𝐥.
I can relate to Val because I battled agoraphobia and no doubt – Val fits that diagnosis. To have her place herself in a locus with wide open spaces, unknowns, wild and untamed? Yes please. That’s some epic exposure therapy! Proverbial “fish out of water.” Loved that plot point.
The story is heavily laced with a clear message about the effects of climate change (bravo!) and takes place in 2023, a mere year in the future; that was unique with shock-provoking factual information, and I think was a writing choice in order to avoid the pandemic issue (please be OVER already!) while focusing on the climate crisis.
My issues were with plot points just toooo improbable for me though (it’s science fiction folks – you can’t thaw people alive… yet) and to reveal anything further would be a spoiler and that ain’t me. Though I’ll say this -𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙎 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. This is a book that might teach you that.
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆𝗠𝗮𝗴𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
📚𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Mystery/Science Fiction
😍𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: if you’re in the mood for a crazy, stark locale and a mystery that’s unlike others.
🙅♀️ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: Climate change deniers.
Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Gallery Books/Gallery Scout Press for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for making me put on a sweater. Several. And it’s 70 degrees here.
