![]() Isabel is suffering PTSD symptoms she doesn’t recognize, but forges onward, using ritual and breathing exercises to control her own racing thoughts. The taxonomy of ghosts, so important to Isabel, is quickly and clearly explained to the reader during vivid fight scenes.Īll of it is held together by the three central characters: Isabel, the unnamed ghost she rescued, and former super-soldier Catherine Foster. This world’s ghosts are frightening and deeply detailed - weak ones “deliquesce” or float on the surface of water like plastic bags, while strong ones bleed silver energy and move too fast to see. Fight scenes play out wonderfully, like a video game world given all the chance and messiness of the real one. ![]() ![]() ![]() With most of her story spent in the labyrinth of the former laboratory, Isabel is faced with dangers from rock-fall and starvation to ghosts more powerful than any she has seen before. As soon as one threat is resolved or one question answered, more are carefully apportioned out in their places. Latchkey is a masterful example of sustained tension within story. ![]()
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