Missing memories and more questions than answers arise when Alice awakens. Can she find out the truth, and if so, at what cost?
After a great cataclysm shook the foundations of modern society and caused it to crumble, the survivors scrambled to rebuild it.
Seven thousand years later, Alice stirs in her hospital bed, with little to no memory of her past. The tale begins here, where the gears of time start to turn. The clock is ticking, and although Alice is none the wiser, she will be the key to cutting the strings of fate and end this broken, endless waltz.
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Alice is a young teen living in what are simply known as “the Facilities”, located in the center of Europe. But when a so-called work incident makes her lose her memory, she suddenly starts to question the values of her society, wondering if the Facilities really are the only safe place on Earth. The pills doctors gave her, the evidence of a missing older sister that nobody seems to be looking for, a job they told her she used to have, on top of latent fire magic she isn’t supposed to possess… Alice must unravel the truth about her life and confront the supreme leader of the Facilities if she wants to follow the leads and find her sister.
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goodreads review
This book was extremely interesting to read. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I was pretty much hooked once I started. The characters were easy to get attached to making you love them and hope nothing happens to them. The magic system was also very intriguing and unique to me. It kept making me ask questions. I highly recommend this book if you like magical adventures.
★★★★★
goodreads review
The characters are the real stars, flipping off those boring “perfect flawless Gary Stu” stereotypes. Victoria’s my absolute fave here, exhausted but tough as nails, with all these juicy layers. And Alice? Crunchy in the best way with so many jagged edges I can tell won’t be sanded away. The whole cast feels so real and messy, and especially with female characters that’s just such a rarity.
★★★★★
goodreads review
I have never seen this much LGBTQ+ rep in a single book before, and it was so absolutely refreshing. It made me incredibly happy to see this in an actual novel, since I’m only used to fans having to desperately try to throw in representation themselves. It was well done too, incorporating these characters and relationships in all throughout without treating them as a spectacle, all as natural as any straight relationships in other media. Not to mention this is only my second time ever seeing a healthy polyamorous relationship in something I’ve read or watched—and the first time they aren’t all killed, holy hell.
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