Flora and Fauna is a book divided- from the very beginning I was intrigued by the tone, the rich descriptive setting and the mystery at the heart of it all. The story flows very naturally, and I wondered why I'd never heard of this great author before. Yet suddenly, all that whimsy and suspense comes to a screeching halt. As impressed as I initially was knowing that The Mountaineers, The Book Of Magiq and even a user forum exist, having been created in the real world in a clever Blair Witch kind of way, I was crestfallen that the writing style suddenly took a change for the worse. The book becomes a series of blog and forum posts, with entire chapters such as 'Alison did this, then Person did this. Mike realised he should do this and that Villain sure was getting on everyone's nerves grr.' It isn't very engaging. It's not a story, suddenly it's a list.

This odd choice, especially from such an obviously gifted writer, soured the whole book for me. At its core there is a good story. I just don't want to feel like I'm stuck endlessly scrolling through Reddit to get there.