Courtney's Reviews > Earthflown

So I have been so excited for this book since 2021? I don’t remember when I first came across the book online but OMG DOES IT DELIVER.

The writing is so good, truly. I love the prose throughout, it feels so tight and every word is purposeful. There are some truly beautiful descriptions of the feelings that characters have for one another and also the way they make the other feel. The setting is also amazing? I love how different this book felt to almost anything else out there - I really don’t even know the best way to describe this one.

I love the relationships that we have throughout the book, you can feel the love between so many of the characters - both romantic and platonic. The way the characters care about one another (for better or worse) is palpable. I love Jav and Ethan so much, I need more of them. I also need more Vegas because I just want to be her best friend too. Rina is so beautifully complicated, you don’t know if you want to root for her or for her to get her comeuppance.

I think this book does such a good job at weaving so many complicated issues into an easy to follow and compelling novel. The political issues along with the social issues are well woven into every interaction that we see throughout the novel and the juxtapositions in the lives of the various characters. Also the romantic relationship underscores so much of the novel but it doesn’t feel as though it’s overshadowing the rest, it feels like a complement to the story, even though it is a main tenet of the story overall.

With that ending I kept trying to scroll to another page because I was a) so engrossed but also b) I NEED TO KNOW MORE?!

Overall, I just need basically anyone and everyone I know to read this.

Thank you to Frances Wren for an eARC of this book. All opinions above are my own and being posted voluntarily.