The world could be so beautiful

Katherine Mansfield, from a diary entry featured in The Letters & Journals of Katherine Mansfield

book 2 comes out in just under two months won’t be pre-ordering but might tap back in at some point in the future

depth, sophistication, intrigue, world building, tons of humour and out loud laughter, research that made me put the book down every so often to ensure I’m not moving on without potentially key plot details and a super annoying cliffhanger that immediately made me purchase book 2😍 (and made me realise book three isn’t out year and I should probably pace myself through this volume but to hell with all of that also also alsooo this same author has another trilogy that’s already published/completed so I’ll happily segway onto that after this - whoever this guy is he clearly and very very skilfully knows his way around being an amazing author - having said that though I’m now praying book 2 doesn’t fail to live up to my super high expectations…)

halfway through tSoWWL and it's interesting comparing his earlier work to his latest work, same author and a decent read so far but just younger ig and not the same flair and penmanship i've come to enjoy from him recently

10/10 masterpiece despite book 2s stupid pace but I suppose that’s literally what a trilogy is hook line and sinker - props to Islington 👏