Review of C.J. Lavigne's In Veritas
I am not a particularly fast reader, but I did spend an unprecedented amount of time immersed in C.J. Lavigne’s debut novel, In Veritas . It is a story ostensibly about communication in which the major character, named Verity, is pretty much unable to communicate in the usual manner. The crossed-wires in her brain give her a severe case of synesthesia which lock her into her own somewhat non-sensical world and contributed strongly to making her an outcast from a very young age. – with the added complication that people have an impossible time lying in her presence. She escapes from incarceration in a mental health facility with Jacob, a wealthy young man who seems to be somewhere in the autistic spectrum. Having been cheated out of control of his family fortune, he does pretty well on the stipend he receives. Jacob and Verity live together in an affectionate - although emotionally distant and seemingly platonic - relationship where he switches career paths every five minutes and
So beautiful and interesting, just the right surprise to find hidden in the garden, like a little pocket of magic ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jill. This one actually one a best of show prize at a world fantasy convention. Still haven't sold it though. It's pretty big (almost 2 feet tall and 100 lbs/half a metre and almost 50 kgs). The stone actually has some tiny fossils embedded in it.
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