Alchemised

SenLinYu

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Subjects
Genres
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Fantasy fiction
Romance fiction
Paranormal fiction
Published
New York, NY : Del Rey Books [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
SenLinYu (author)
Edition
First edition. Del Rey International edition
Physical Description
1030 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780593972700
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Using mystery and romance elements in a nonlinear narrative, SenLinYu's debut is a doorstopper of a fantasy that follows a woman with missing memories as she navigates through a war-torn realm in search of herself. Helena Marino is a talented young healer living in Paladia--the "Shining City"--who has been thrust into a brutal war against an all-powerful necromancer and his army of Undying, loyal henchmen with immortal bodies, and necrothralls, reanimated automatons. When Helena is awakened from stasis, a prisoner of the necromancer's forces, she has no idea how long she has been incarcerated--or the status of the war. She soon finds herself a personal prisoner of Kaine Ferron, the High Necromancer's "monster" psychopath who has sadistically killed hundreds for his master. Ordered to recover Helena's buried memories by any means necessary, the two polar opposites--Helena and Kaine, healer and killer--end up discovering much more as they begin to understand each other through shared trauma. While necromancy is an oft-trod subject in fantasy novels, the author gives it a fresh feel--in large part because of their superb worldbuilding coupled with unforgettable imagery throughout: "[The necromancer] lay reclined upon a throne of bodies. Necrothralls, contorted and twisted together, their limbs transmuted and fused into a chair, moving in synchrony, rising and falling as they breathed in tandem, squeezing and releasing around him…[He] extended his decrepit right hand, overlarge with fingers jointed like spider legs." Another noteworthy element is the complex dynamic between Helena and Kaine. To say that these two characters shared the gamut of intense emotions would be a vast understatement. Readers will come for the fantasy and stay for the romance. Although the melodrama sometimes is a bit much, the superb worldbuilding and intricate plotline make this a must-read. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.