extrapenguin | The Luminous Dead, Caitlin Starling

The book: a single novel of sci-fi caving horror. Should you read it? Well, depends. If the premise sounds appealing, you should. If the concept of caving horror makes you go NOPE, you shouldn't. I went in on the basis of a rec stating it was sci-fi with canon F/F, and while the F/F was not canon imo (more extremely femslashy plus open-ended on the relationship front), I enjoyed it immensely. Gyre was an excellent narrator, and the descriptions of caves and caving excellent. I devoured it in one sitting (and promptly had nightmares the following night). I am definitely requesting it for

juletide and then Yuletide and probably some exchanges in between.

(I'm also down for writing this for the

equalityauction even if I didn't read it in time to officially offer. Bid away!)