Week 29 Review: The Last Hour Between Worlds

From Goodreads:

Follow a star investigator and her rival as they journey through layers of reality to save the world as they know it in this whip-smart adventure fantasy about rival guilds, reality-bending magic and unexpected mystery.

Kembral Thorne is spending a few hours away from her newborn, and she's determined to enjoy the party no matter what. But when the guests start dropping dead, Kem has no choice but to get to work. She's a member of the Guild of Hounds, after all, and she can't help picking up the scent of trouble.

She's not the only one. Her professional and personal nemesis, notorious burglar Rika Nonesuch, is on the prowl. They quickly identify what's causing the a mysterious grandfather clock that sends them down an Echo every time it chimes. In each strange new layer of reality, time resets and a sinister figure appears to perform a blood-soaked ritual.

As Kem and Rika fall into increasingly macabre versions of their city, they'll need to rely on their wits - and each other - to unravel the secret of the clock and save their city.

My Review:
I was obsessed with this book! The synopsis sounded really intriguing, and once I started reading, I couldn't stop, even though I had to read it on my phone, I had to know what was going to happen next to these characters-it was such a wild ride!

This is the kind of book that I hope gets made into a movie. It's so cinematic, the visuals of having this party descend, echo by echo, deeper into the crazy wildness that becomes increasingly difficult for humans to survive in-it would look so fantastic! 

The first go round really introduced these characters and set up what was going on, and then the chaos of the evening-only for things to reset but be different? It was such an interesting idea, and I loved watching Kendal work to protect the party-goers, even though her friendly adversary now more leaning to adversary is there, and all the complicated emotions that brings up.

This book has an ode to new motherhood in it, since Kembral is currently on leave because she just had her baby girl. That she's a single mother, that the father just walked away, and she's not one to ask for help, well, that baby has been the one thing on her mind, and now that she's dealing with this situation, she's wondering what her future will look like, what she might choose, of how going back to work might look for her.

The way things ended, I'm so interesting to see what's going to happen with this big powers that are now watching her. And what effects that choice that she made will have. The possibilities and the scope are endless which has me teeming with anticipation for the sequel! 

Loved reading this book, and I'm so excited for the sequel! And if we got a prequel novella, of the time that she went 6 echos deep to rescue that dog, to see what her life and job were like before the baby and now this game changer, I would absolutely love that! 

Author: Melissa Caruso
Series: The Echo Archives #1 
Read: July 17th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really fantastic, and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Orbit
Expected Publication: November 19th 2024

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