Sound the Gong

joan he both saved me and ended me with one of the best books i've read (and will read) this year. love me a good tragedy even if it cost me my heart and soul

09/06/24 - i'm destroyed

13/06/24 - now I've calmed down, I can give a full review.
The sheer amount of angst in this book, it was just giving everything it could. The wanting, what ifs, bittersweet parting and the reunion. After reading this immediately after finishing STZ, I understand why Joan said you needed the two to have the complete experience.

This entire duology took a turn that I didn't expect. It was an entirely painful read, the two main characters having clear affection for each other that couldn't be explored because of the immense loyalties they had to their person. The thought of knowing the person you could have loved and was beginning to, didn't love you back and was, in fact, yearning and fighting in memory of someone they lost. Losing each other before they could see what could have had.

I am eternally grateful for Joan to give us a closure in the form of “In Another Life”.

May they meet again in another life.

Finishes Zephyr's story as she maneuvers to fulfill her destiny.