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The first Olivie Blake book I read was Atlas Six. It was dark and snarky and sharp. Both in writing and in characters. None of them were soft, they all hand angles and edges and none of them were without some (often great) measure of fault. They were all out for themselves, and they were all seeking something bigger. I fell in love with how unapologetic the world was.

My second Olivie Blake book was Alone With You in the Ether. This one was via audiobook (and I think that format really suited the story). Again, nether character was perfect, they had flaws and sharp edges. In their own ways, they lived for themselves. But in the story, I found a fascinating tale about love, and what it means to work for it, even if it means going against your natural way of doing things.

The third Olivie Blake book I read was Masters of Death. It remains one of my all-time favorites. It has the same thread of sharp characters, dry humor, and deep philosophical questions that the others had before it. It was never boring, and even within the absurd setting, it had a dark thread of emotion that held it all together. I fell in love.

Atlas Paradox picked up where Atlas Six left off. And it held my attention all the same. The characters all had to face some pretty dark consequences, were all still fighting their own fight, while also fighting for something that no one truly knew, because Atlas still hadn’t told them everything he knew.

The quote below is from One for My Enemy. Not my favorite of her books, but still good. It still has the same framework. It still has the same drive to be absurd and a little dark, with sharp edges and love that has to find its way from in between cracks and barriers. It still ruminates on life and philosophy in unexpected ways.

Suffice it to say, Olivie Blake is a new favorite author of mine. And I will read anything she puts out.