A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other.
Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.
A year later, E.'s sister Sophy, and Henerey's brother Vyerin, are left to solve the mystery, piecing together the letters, sketches and field notes left behind-and learn what their siblings' disappearance might mean for life as they know it.
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Dear Scholar Clel, Instead of reading further, I hope you will return this letter to its envelope or, better yet, crumple it into an abstract shape that might look quite at home on a coral reef.Chapter 1, LETTER FROM E. CIDNOSIN TO HENEREY CLEL, YEAR 1002
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(Orbit, 25 April 2024, e-galley, 400 pages, ARC from the publisher via NetGalley)
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A Letter to the Luminous Deep sounded right up my street. I loved the title and couldn't wait to read it. I love fantasy so this book ticked all of the boxes for me. I loved this book, really loved it. Everything about this book delighted me. I didn't want to stop reading it and leave the world and characters behind. The really liked the way the book is structured, a series of letters between characters as well as journals, newspaper articles etc. I've never read a book that uses this structure before so it took me a while to get into. I also like books that use time shifts so I had a great time reading this. I loved it and would recommend it.
