Preface: I have read two of Hardinge's other novels, The Lie Tree and Cuckoo Song, both for other purposes than this blog. Infer what you will. I found them both so bizarre as to not recommend them (and you know I like weird, so for me to say no...). What was beautiful about both to me were the covers.
So fast forward a bit and a student has read both aforementioned books and asks me to get this. Nothing makes my heart happier than kids asking for books.
And the cover on this one is just as beautiful. And the inside is just as bizarre.
Neverfell appears in an underground city called Caverna. An elderly cheesemaker finds her, names her, and makes her his apprentice. Unfortunately, in this strange society, only artisans who make facial expression are allowed to create and teach them. So Neverfell, clearly an outsider, must wear a mask to not alarm people when they see her face.
Yeah, I should've just stopped there. The society is described in minute details, and I had found myself envisioning a mix of Spyro's world if the dragons were human, Alice in Wonderland, and Caraval. It's dystopia meets fantasy meets satire meets horror meets Hardinge's other works.
It was just too much, if that makes any sense. Not my cup of tea!
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