A review by erinsanson
A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files

3.0

The concept of the book was interesting, but got very bogged down as the story progressed. The narrative style changes at least three times, which irked me. First it was entirely present, then in the middle it became all flashback, and then at the end it didn't entirely resume present but was also told from a future perspective as well. With a very complex plot (I'm assuming because I didn't understand it, but maybe it was just all those crazy Aztec names), jumping around stylistically like that just confuses everyone. More.

The writing in itself was a pleasure though. I could get lost in some of those descriptive passages. Also I really liked the characters' growth and how they clearly but complexly got from point A to point B. Not a bad read, but not great.