As I sit down to write this review of The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe, I’ve come to realize that it’s hard. Not because I don’t have a
lot to say about the book – I do. Not because I didn’t love the book – I did
love it. But, really it comes down to that I’ve said it all before, most likely
better than I could again. So, go read the review I wrote for Wisp of a Thing.
Everything in that review applies to The Hum and the Shiver. Bledsoe’s Tufa
books are probably the books I’m enjoying most right now, and that earlier
review really says all I need to say.
Still here? OK, again, go read that earlier review if didn’t
already, because this is where I simply get nit-picky. The Hum and the Shiver
is the first Tufa book – in sequence of writing, publishing, and occurrence in ‘book
world’. It tells – The Hum and the Shiver has a few bumpy spots that weren’t
present in Wisp of a Thing. Most notably is the relatively slow start. This is because
this is not an action book, and all the conflict is truly personal conflict
that comes from within. This is tricky ground to cover in a society (and genre
for that matter) that craves action and real, in-your-face conflict. Related to
that, some of the subplots never quite melt into the full story. It’s just a
little rough around the edges.
But for all of that, by about halfway through the book, it’s all
gone. I was completely immersed into the story and couldn’t even come up for
air. With these books it’s just best to let it all go and lose yourself in the
music of the story.
The Hum and Shiver (Indiebound, Book Depository, Amazon)
Wisp of a Thing (My Review, Indiebound, Book Depository, Amazon)
Long Black Curl (Indiebound, Book Depository, Amazon)
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