Hai

A formulaic crime thriller. The plot contains the same tropes of violent crimes, sexual assault, damsel in distress, etc. The characters other than the narrator and her prince are mostly bland.

That said, the plot flows smoothly with no glaring holes. I especially like the information of the Amish and the minutiae details of the investigation process. The prose, while economic, is still palatable. Overall, a decent quick read.

As Wil and Eliot ran away from so-called poets for their life, Woolf kept inching towards them. Their only chance of surviving seem to be a “word,” one with tremendous power, but somehow Wil could not remember it.

Spells, incantation, persuasion, rifle and blood, Lexicon is a thrilling book jam-packed with interesting concepts and gripping actions. The book blasts off with a good ol chase scene, and then alternates between two timelines effortlessly.

However, it was disappointing to see that not much is known about these poets, their jobs, their purpose, and the world they operate in. It is as if Harry Potter had ended in book 1. The ending was kind of a trope, and while it makes sense for the book to end that way, I could not help but to feel amiss after rooting for Eliot so much.

Overall, I still enjoyed the book, but I would probably like it even more had it been a trilogy, and not a one-sitting read.