Numeralforce

         I've discovered this book a few months ago (unfortunately, not in a library like the protagonist), and couldn't put it down for days (it's 600 pages long), but there was so much tension, that I took a break hoping that a bit of detachment would help to get through with it faster. It didn't work, the second I opened it yesterday all of it returned to me. I did finish it finally with the help of "camomile tea and breaks for yoga".     I know, bed time stories are supposed to be light and this is a complete opposite. It's full of suspense and dramatic moments with escalating stakes, the most intense scenes are arranged in a masterful fashion through the pages with long periods of breaks that give the reader some time to regroup and gather some knowledge (but there was sometimes too much water, I admit, and things that are too obvious and repetitive). This aspect is covered well by the author, the captivation is there and even though

         Fantasy and sci-fi books always have a special place in my heart, they let you run off into the wild of your imagination, uncharted territories of your brain that behold kingdoms and planets prompted by a word of some author when you follow the character's adventures like a silent companion or invisible sidekick. That's why I so often prefer a book of those genres to any other kind. And this is the reason why the whole series "Of Fates and Furies" stood out to me. I finished the two already available ones in a matter of less than a couple of days, the second being "Fury Focused" . The third "Fury Freed" will be released in September.     It would be unfair to say that those novels belong only to fantasy/sci-fi section, there is a kind of a murder mystery in the first too and that feeling of mystery doesn't leave and stays even in the second. Melissa Haag crafted a new magic world filled with every cre