Taste: A Fantasy Adventure by Mary E. TwomeyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Imaginative and Slightly Twisted Fantasy
October works as a nurse in a correctional facility. She is 22 years old and the youngest of three siblings with a mentally ill mother. She has lived a hard life and has difficulties relating to people, and touching them often triggers an OCD cleaning frenzy.
Her older siblings have moved away and October feels the pressure to visit her mother, so when Bev, her mother, announces she’s met a man, October’s brother Ollie agrees to visit. They all spend the evening at Bev’s new man, Ezra’s, mansion and they are introduced to Ezra’s family. At the end of the evening October is introduced to a new reality in a brutal and startling way.
October’s life is no longer her own, if she doesn’t want hundreds of thousands of people to die. So despite her wishes and a terrible introduction to Terraway, October is forced out of her safely controlled life into one of chaos and death.
This is a book that is, at times, difficult to read. There is a lot about the impact of mental illness on loved ones and the reality of living with something over which you have no control.
October is a really interesting character. She’s an introvert and doesn’t like confrontations but when backed into a corner she will fight with everything in her. She is compassionate and caring, despite her desire to hold everyone at arms length and she blossoms under the care and attention she starts to receive. Her life is transformed and she is forced to deal with a situation beyond her comprehension.
The people from Terraway are an interesting bunch. They are very diverse characters and I love that October doesn’t start acting against her personality by getting involved with the new people around her too quickly. She is making friends with the people who she sees as co-workers and this is a massive step for her. Danny, Mason and Von behave extremely badly when they first encounter October, but they are under extreme pressure and as things ease, so does their behaviour. It is interesting to start to see their true personalities start to evolve throughout the story.
This is an intriguing series, and I’ll definitely be reading the next book.
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