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A review by junotranscends
The Perilous In-Between by Cortney Pearson
4.0
3.5
I snagged an ARC of this because I loved the cover and the premise. I'm big into Victorian-era stuff, although I haven't delved too much into the Steampunk genre yet. Overall, this was a fun read. The world-building was great, and the plot ended up being quite a bit different than I expected.
Where Pearson excels, though, is her character relationships. We didn't just have the main character and her love interest, and maybe a friend on the side. We had friendships between Victoria and Graham, Victoria and Rosalind, Victoria and Oscar, Oscar and Graham (whose friendship might have been my fave in the book), and more. They really did work as a group, and we don't see that often.
There was a period around 3/4 of the way through, when a lot of things were hitting their climax, that I felt the POV was shifting WAY too much. It was cutting into the middle of sub-plots (like Victoria finding out the truth, for lack of a better way to say it without spoilers) and instead of amping up the conflict and tension, I felt it diminished it.
The story ended at a good place. Wrapped things up, but at the same time, left it all open for an obvious sequel, which I'll definitely read when it's out.
I snagged an ARC of this because I loved the cover and the premise. I'm big into Victorian-era stuff, although I haven't delved too much into the Steampunk genre yet. Overall, this was a fun read. The world-building was great, and the plot ended up being quite a bit different than I expected.
Where Pearson excels, though, is her character relationships. We didn't just have the main character and her love interest, and maybe a friend on the side. We had friendships between Victoria and Graham, Victoria and Rosalind, Victoria and Oscar, Oscar and Graham (whose friendship might have been my fave in the book), and more. They really did work as a group, and we don't see that often.
There was a period around 3/4 of the way through, when a lot of things were hitting their climax, that I felt the POV was shifting WAY too much. It was cutting into the middle of sub-plots (like Victoria finding out the truth, for lack of a better way to say it without spoilers) and instead of amping up the conflict and tension, I felt it diminished it.
The story ended at a good place. Wrapped things up, but at the same time, left it all open for an obvious sequel, which I'll definitely read when it's out.