I will totally pick up a book because it has a cool cover. I may not read it right away, but I will pick it up. That’s what I did with Hell’s Heart. There is a cute independent bookstore in my town that has a little free library outside of it in which the bookstore owners often put out advanced reader copies they are done with. I found Hell’s Heart there a few months ago and liked the octopus/tentacle monster/eldritch horror vibe of the cover so I picked it up. When I saw the audiobook on NetGalley a few months later I requested it because that cover still slapped and I hadn’t had time to read it yet. And I’m so glad that I did!
I will NOT tell you how deep I was into the book before I realized it was a version of Moby Dick (but in space with Jovian leviathans and sapphic romances). I probably should have realized it sooner. But that doesn’t matter because this book was amazing! I couldn’t stop listening to it, I was so into the characters, and I really enjoyed the writing style with faux authorial asides to the reader. Highly recommended!
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