A review by judeandolin
Lullaby for a Lost World by Aliette de Bodard

2.0

This wasn't bad at all, it was just kind of weird. The writing itself was beautiful and each sentence read like a dark poem. It had promise and I was intrigued by the premise, but at only 9 pages long it just had no time to fully develop.

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up through the walls, feeding his power and continuing the cycle. As time passes and the ones she loved fade away, the house and the master remain, and she yearns ever more deeply for vengeance.

The mood and setting were really well done and I could easily picture it. I guess my biggest issue is that

Spoiler

all of a sudden a unicorn popped out of the ground and impaled the very girl she was trying to save

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Idk man. Read for free on Tor here.