From Goodreads:
A Highside girl. Beaten. Murdered. Her body found on a Lowside dock. A magistrate comes looking for answers. For justice.
Alys trades and sells secrets among the gangs and factions of Lowside. She is a daughter of the underworld. Bold. Cunning. Free. When an old lover asks for help, she agrees. For a price.
Together, they travel into the dark heart of the underworld in search of a killer.
I normally don't read novellas. The reason being that I often find there to be a big lack of world building and I always want just a bit more. I was pleasantly surprised with this one. The world building was there and even better I could actually see the dingy oily Lowside in my mind.
I loved the characters and the fact that their past effects how they work together for better and for worse. Alys is a strong character who in some way reminds of a pirate (might be the beaded braids in her hair). Dax was an interesting character as well since he was out of his element being in the Lowside but he held his own.
The mystery element was there and I didn't see the ending coming. That's something that is hard to do with mystery's and I think they did an excellent job with that.
All in all this was a very enjoyable book that zipped right along. My only complaint of course is that it was too short. I was left wanting more. It almost screamed of needing to be a full length novel. But I really do look forward to reading the next one and plan to. I can totally see the authors putting out an addition with several of the books bound into one. I also plan on checking out some of their other novellas.
This was a great introduction to me of authors I have never seen nor heard of before but I can see them becoming vastly popular. I'm giving 4 out 5 stars. Well done!
4 out of 5 stars
*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion
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