Tidal Creatures
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New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears.
Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City…
All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City—the heart of all creation—to keep it connected to reality.
And someone is killing them.
There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.
In the name of the moon, the lunar divinities must uncover the roots of the plot and thwart the true goal of those behind these attacks—control of the Impossible City itself.
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Alchemical Journeys is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Seanan McGuire.
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I received an advance reader copy thanks to NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Tidal Creatures is the third book in the Alchemical Journeys series by Seanan Mcguire. This time out the focus is on moon gods and goddesses. Chang'e, second in command of Berkeley's moon divinities, discovers that one of their own has been killed and it seems it's not the first time in the recent past. Chang'e and her human host Judy decide to investigate these deaths.
Meanwhile, Kelpie, a lab assistant for the local alchemical lab learns that everything she thought she knew about herself and her lab is a lie. She runs for her life and has to navigate her confusing new reality and try to stay alive.
Of course, these two storylines are bound to intersect and things get very complicated before it's done.
I loved this one so much! I don't think it's quite as good as Middlegame, but since that's one of my favorite ever, it's a hard bar to top. I did enjoy it much more than Seasonal Fears, which I found very predictable and anticlimactic.
In additional to the mystery of who is killing the moons, it incorporated Roger and Dodger (and Erin) in a way that advanced their character arcs as well as the plot of this volume. While this was is very much the story of the Moons, the characters from Middlegame were incorporated into the plot in a way that didn't feel like a cameo/unnecessary inclusion. I also loved that we got some insight that their journey is not done, just paused for now.
The plot for this book really had me excited.
I had a huge problem with all the threads to the story. It was.... A LOT!
Too many POV to keep straight and I had to go back a few times because I missed stuff.
The character development was well done there was just so many characters and the tone didnt change much.
The ending was actually well worth the rest of the book and narration was well done!
3.5 stars
