Review: Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
SYNOPSIS:
People come as well as go.
Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.
Two years ago, it ended.
Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past.
Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin’s quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons, but he offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.
As the two men grow closer in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin learns he can’t protect himself from everything — and sometimes he doesn’t need to try.
REVIEW:
There is something so achingly poetic and breathtaking about Alexis Hall’s writing. I find myself thinking that every time I dive back into the Spires Universe Series and Waiting for the Flood was no exception. While the story was quick, it was just a taste of what could be, it was still beautiful nonetheless.
Edwin was a stunning contradiction of emotions, but his character evolution is what sets him apart. He is both grief and moving on; while struggling to take that final leap. Adam was a breath of fresh air, he was sunshine and light in Edwin’s dim world. I loved the chemistry between these two. I also adore that when things just work, they work and Alexis Hall doesn’t try to mud it up with external drama.
And while it doesn’t end with a happily-ever-after it ends with a happy-for-now or a this is enough and for me that is enough. I just positively adore Alexis Hall and now I am off to the next one.
FIND IT:
Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
