Florescentia
by I.V. Ophelia
Blurb:
In the bioluminescent, star-worshipping city of Astraea, inventor and occultist Lucia Fairfax harvests a particular currency from the shadows—luck itself—drawn from a dimension she calls the Otherside. But when her latest ritual fails and her husband dies tragically, her carefully cultivated fortune bleeds dry.
Lucia’s desperate to restore her power, but her next ritual goes catastrophically wrong, summoning something far more Altair, a cosmic entity born of an ancient constellation. He is both human and not—impossibly seductive, unnervingly sentient, and the key to restoring what she’s a way to the Otherside.
Crossing into Altair’s realm is the most dangerous thing Lucia has ever done—and the most irresistible. There, she unravels the intoxicating secrets of the Otherside, the disturbing truth about her abilities, and the terrifying depth of his hunger. But with each revelation, escape slips further from reach. Trapped between worlds, Lucia must confront a devastating Love, desire, and ambition all have their price. And Altair is eager to collect.
My Review:
Florescentia by I.V. Ophelia
Five stars! No notes. Just pure, breathless,
jaw dropping brilliance from beginning to end. I have never consumed a book so
fast in my life, and I am still sitting here trying to process the fact that it
is finished.
I.V. Ophelia has not let me down yet, and
Florescentia is her most ambitious and stunning work. The Victorian gothic
steampunk setting is unlike anything currently on the market, and the magic
system built around harvesting luck is so wildly original that it feels like a
genuine breath of fresh air. Not just a breath either. A full gust. The kind
that knocks you completely off your feet within the first ten pages and refuses
to set you back down.
The story flows effortlessly and grips you
from the very first page. My mind was constantly buzzing with theories about
what might happen next, and every single time the book proved me wrong in the
most spectacular way possible. I lost count of how many times my mouth fell
open.
And Altair. I genuinely do not know if I
love him or want to throw him across the room, but the spice had me blushing in
the best possible way. That is all I will say about that.
That ending though. THAT ENDING. I need book
two immediately. I am manifesting it with everything I have. If you have not
picked this one up yet, please fix that as soon as possible.
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