Tidal Creatures

Alchemical Journeys, Book 3

By: Seanan McGuire

Narrated by: Amber Benson

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City…

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears.

All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City—the heart of all creation—to keep it connected to reality.

And someone is killing them.

There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.

In the name of the moon, the lunar divinities must uncover the roots of the plot and thwart the true goal of those behind these attacks—control of the Impossible City itself.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.

©2024 Seanan McGuire (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Solid followup to a great series

I liked this story quite a lot, although it didn't quite hold up to the previous two in the series. It got off to a pretty slow start, and what initially seemed like the secondary storyline felt a lot more interesting than the main one. This improved as the book went on and the storylines joined up. I also felt like the newer magical system set up in this book wasn't quite as gripping as in the previous ones, it just felt a bit too complex and formalized in a way that didn't grab me so much. This held the book back a bit at a few places, especially winding down towards the end.

But those aren't huge issues, I still liked the book a lot in a big picture sense, it's just a bit of a step down from the previous two. There's still a ton of what I love about the series, a memorable writing style, good characters, and a fascinating contrast between the mundane world and the magical forces that have been built up over the series. Overall, it's a solid recommend.

I just love this series these characters

The first one was the best but the second two are nonetheless enjoyable and I will keep reading!

Amazing Trilogy

It’s a rare book that engenders regret when one is finishing it, and it is even more felt when this is the end of a magnificent series. The series that begins with “Middlegame” end with this book, and it is vital to the explanation of many questions that arise during the previous 2 books. I would unhesitatingly recommend these books to any reader.