By GamingWolf
Aperio had been a slave for as long as she could remember. She toiled away in the palace of her masters, her body forced to obey, her mind no longer caring that she did. Her only joy was the small inconveniences an error in her work could bring, t
Nowhere Stars is an excellent psychological horror experience, and one of my favorite takes on the monster-of-the-week and magical girl genres to date. The main character is troubled and shy in a very particular way that makes her ideal to explore the nature of the world through, and I really enjoy our encounters with the particular 'wounds' left behind by the Harbingers-- the antagonists of the series. The writing is strong and very unsettling, and you'll be thinking about this novel for months if not years to come. I am very excited to see where this story leads, and I hope you give it a try too.
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This story has easily the most visceral and unique descriptions of the beings the main character is fighting and the fights themselves of any story I have read, period. And I have read a lot of stories. The way the Harbingers (the creatures/concepts which act as the antagonists of the story) are written into being leaves a deeply unsettling feeling and keeps the reader constantly on the tip of their toes wondering how the fights will develop. I would 100% recommend this story to anyone who enjoys a good dark magical girl or psychological horror book.
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