Book Tour Review The Hiding Alethea Lyons

Introduction
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Blurb

Harper has always been plagued by dreams of grotesque creatures and bloody deaths. When she bumps into a ghostwalker in the Shambles and has a visceral experience of his execution, she knows it’s a foretelling. Yet fear of the Queen’s Guard stops her speaking out. When her vision indeed comes true, the unusual markings on the ghostwalker’s corpse, combined with his neatly excised vocal cords, send a ripple of terror through York.The witch hunt is on. As the body count rises, Harper knows her magic is the only way to find the killer – if she can avoid being hanged as a witch. To protect both human and supernatural, Harper walks the thin line between their worlds. She and her demonhunter foster-sister form a multi-faith team with a forensic scientist, a spirit Harper accidentally summoned, and a techno-witch, to catch the killer before more people die.

Review

I grew up near York and often visited so I was extremely excited for this. Particularly that it is an urban fantasy with a touch of speculative fiction set in an alternative York. I can happily say I was not disappointed. Lyon’s writing is perfectly matched to the genre. We have elements of all the things I like, noir style murder, witchy and ghostly goings on and a story of acceptance.

I adored the setting which was familiar and also unique. The York we visit in The Hiding seems to merge past, namely medieval, and present to create a rather terrifying place for any one who does not follow the church and the Queen’s Guard who enforce rules with an iron fist. In a way it has a touch of steampunk or gaslight tone as well in the setting which of course I love.

The characters are all wonderful, particularly Harper and the spirit she manages to summon but I can honestly say I liked everyone. Now we know I don’t like spoilers but if you like supernatural stories, particularly similar to things like Bloodborne the game or Van Helsing you are sure to be hooked into this unique and imaginative world.

About the Author

Alethea (she/ze) writes various forms of SFF, with a particular love for science-fantasy, dark fantasy, dystopias, and folklore. Many of her works take place at the intersection between technology and magic. She enjoys writing stories with subtle political and philosophical messages, but primarily wants her stories to be great tales with characters readers will love. She also has soft spots for found family, hopeless romances, and non-human characters. Her short stories can be found in a variety of publications and links for these are on her website.

Alethea lives in Manchester, UK with her husband, little Sprite, a cacophony of stringed instruments, and more tea than she can drink in a lifetime.

Bonus content for The Hiding & other works can be found on her website: https://alethealyons.wixsite.com/stories/seerofyork
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