Book Review: Anastasia's Midnight Song by M. Laszlo

 

Blurb: 

French Huguenot Anastasia believes working in one of Sinai's mirror factories will allow her to trap the imaginary Arctic fox which lives in her womb. Whilst Jack escapes from London to Sinai to avoid being conscripted to fight in the trenches with strange imaginings that do little to alleviate his feelings of cowardice. Jack is captivated by Anastasia, seized with a fierce desire to possess her from the first second, and nothing can diminish his obsessive urge to be noticed by her, not even her obvious disgust in the face of his crude advances. Their journeys twist together like a fugue, filled with phantasmagorical delays, as they both fail to accomplish what they set out to do. Unable to escape the consequences of their false beliefs, relentlessly they approach the brink, and eventual schizophrenia, on a quest for moral truths. This book is a revelatory, hallucinatory account of the growing insanity of two young people who happen to be in the same place at the same time.

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My Review - 4 of 5 stars - 

This was an intriguing read as well as a little confusing. Both Anastasia and Jack had their own journeys, crossed paths with each other, and continued on. I found the mental back and forth for both a little crazy but saw a spiritual connection and maybe a lesson. There were moments I felt for them, though Jack was lazy while Anastasia worked hard, mostly to rid herself of her internal creatures.

I received a copy through Goddess Fish Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.