The world building

That was a pleasant surprise, I’m glad I listened to this book, and can’t stop thinking that there was a huge possibility where I don’t discover it and I don’t like this idea lol. There are too many good books that we won’t be able to read in our lifetime 😩
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SUMMARY:
Under the dirty streets of Ismae's greatest port city, an old nightmare waits for Sylandair and Aliara, one that is stealing Dockhaven's children, one that only they can end. When the pair escaped their owner and abuser years ago, they left him behind in a ball of blue flame, but as more children disappear near the city's desalinization plant, they believe he may not be dead. When they embark on an underground search for him with their less-than-reliable puka scout Schmalch, what they find is beyond any expectation. It will lead them into a twisting world of inheritances, experimentation and memories they never wanted to exhume.
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First of all I didn’t expect horror in this book for some reason, even when I read the description and it says “dark” 💀 but that was a good thing because the scenes are written so well and they freaked me out in the beginning (in a good way).
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The world building is interesting and dense, it’s a different world than ours, which I’m used to since I’m a fantasy reader, what’s different about it were the different species it had I think; the Puka are my favorite lol.
This book also has good seamless mix of genres; fantasy, sci fi, and horror.
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We follow three main characters: Sylandair, Aliara and Schmalch, but we also get to see other side characters POVs as well.
I liked the relationship between Syl and Aliara, they have a lot of love for each other and they really understand each other because of the shared past and trauma.
My favorite out of three is Schmalch, I don’t care what he does and how he’s living his life, he is a good boss.
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I also liked Hergis and then Nihal (Idk if her name is intentionally an Arabic one but it made me excited 😭) and I’m interested to see what will happen to her in the next book
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Heather Masters is a great narrator, she has different voices for each character and you know who’s talking every time.
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I do recommend, if you want an interesting dark story, morally gray characters, and great genre blending.
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And thanks to the author for sending me the book in exchange for an honest review.

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