Weekly Geeks: Seraphic Mandrake by Kate L. Stone

I received Seraphic Mandrake by Kate L. Stone from the publicist. I liked the title and the premise. This is debut novel by Kate L. Stone and is pegged as fantasy+noir fiction. Whatever that means. In the present times there are so many genres that a reader is kind of confused. I think some genres are pure hypothesis.

Coming back to the book, I liked the protagonist, who is part magician and part something which no one is aware of until the end. He is out there to save the world, at the expense of himself. He can't trust anyone other than a nymph, who has a dark past. With the help of weird creatures like snaky lions, tigerish tortoises, wolfish sparrow, our hero is very enterprising and never alone. With biting, pungent humour, this book moves forward in a real good pace. I felt bad when I finally finished it. Even though I loved the novel, I find it difficult to review it. It is one of those books which defies descriptions.

I found the following sentences, interesting:

The mouth bows against continent

When one reads it in the context of the story, the mouthy bit makes a lot of sense.

Another whopper is:

Any star exaggerates an imaginative triangle.

Now tell me, which mathematician wouldn't appreciate that?

Lastly, I gotta say this:

A choice decides

I give it 5 stars and recommend for all to read this book.

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