Seasonal Fears wouldn’t be able to present two characters that I would fall in love with the same way. I also connected with both of them on a deeply personal level. I found Rodger and Doger to be vividly realized characters who both undergo striking development arcs. The awe factor I got from the unfolding worldbuilding in Middlegame is absent from Seasonal Fears simply because it’s already been done. That was one part of Middlegame that I found delightful – learning about alchemy and the Doctrine and how Rodger and Dodger have truly been affecting the world. The first aspect was the slow build and gradual reveal of the alchemical world and what the heck was actually going on. If you’ve read and loved Middlegame, you might guess what those aspects are. That impossibility stems from the fact that two of my favourite aspects of Middlegame cannot be recreated. That would have been an impossible task for any novel. I did not expect Seasonal Fears to hold a candle to Middlegame. (I just realized I drafted this entire review without including a link to my original Middlegame review, so. Especially not sequels, even sequels positioned as more spiritual successors than direct follow ups. Readers do not experience books in a vacuum. I’m going to compare Seasonal Fears to Middlegame – my darling, a top five all-time favourite of mine. It looks like Destiny has a plan for them, after all….
So, when a new road is laid out in front of them-a road that will lead through untold dangers toward a possible lifetime together-walking down it seems to be the only option.īut others are following behind, with violence in their hearts.
Harry doesn’t want to believe in destiny, because that means accepting the loss of the one person who gives his life meaning, who brings summer to his world. She’s delicate she’s fragile she’s dying. Melanie has a destiny, though it isn’t the one everyone assumes it to be.
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