Description
Filled with mystery, betrayal and powerful, simmering romance, and inspired by Greek mythology, Kika Hatzopoulou's electrifying, genre-defying debut is perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken's Lore and Chloe Gong's These Violent Delights.
In the city of Alante, the descendants of the Greek gods live alongside mortals.
Io is the youngest of three sisters, descended from the Fates. She is able to see threads- shimmering silver lines connecting every person. When a new relationship is formed, a new thread appears. When a person's life-thread is cut, it's their time to die. Io uses her gifts as a private investigator, trying to make ends meet in a world which treats other-born people like her with suspicion and prejudice.
Then Io is witness to a murder - but this is no ordinary murder. Io can clearly see that the killer's life-thread has already been severed. This woman should be long dead.
More complicated still, there is another witness- Edei, a member of the Rossi mob - the gangsters who rule Alante. And what Io can see immediately, although Edei cannot, is that there is a bright silver fate-thread connecting them. This boy is her destiny...
Review
Io and her two sisters are other-born bound together by the gods - one to weave the threads, one to draw the threads together, and one to cut threads. Io is the youngest, so she is the cutter. She can see the threads of peoples lives and all that they hold dear, including their life thread.
In their city, other-born like Io are looked down upon. But when Io witnesses a murder it sets of a chain of events that are intrinsically linked, and will have far reaching consequences.
This is a wonderful fantasy novel about love, family ties, loyalty, justice and political intrigue entwined with Greek mythology. Io is fascinating character, and there are so many subplots and twists that you will find this to be a very hard book to put down.
Perfect for those in middle secondary and above who love fantasy, laced with an intriguing murder mystery.
Reviewed by Michelle
