Title: The Night Market (advanced reading copy)Author: Jonathan Moore
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to be released January 16, 2018
Pages: 288
Genre: science fiction, thriller
Obtained: from publisher in return for an honest review
Summary: San Francisco Homicide Inspector, Ross Carver, and his partner, Jenner, are called to a crime scene where they find a body that looks like it is being eaten away by something. FBI agents burst into the room and whisk Carver and Jenner away to decontaminate them. Whatever the two were given to drink causes them to lose their memories of the past two days. What is going on? More importantly, who can they trust?
Thoughts: What a talent this author has for creating setting and atmosphere! The story took place in San Francisco, California in the "near future". The author created a dark, weird, somewhat creepy setting that made me feel like I was there. The story itself was disturbing and parts were gruesome and a bit scary which added to the atmosphere of the book. Also, throughout the book and right up until the end was the sense of suspicion- not knowing who to trust. Wow!
The plot itself was clever, unique, and unpredictable. The story involved conspiracy, mobsters, mystery, murder, memory loss, manipulation, corruption, nanotechnology, drones, and a bit of romance. The characters were developed, but did not seem to have depth. It took me a long time to figure out why, but I think it was the dialogue. The characters spoke to one another, but did not seem to have distinct voices and their personalities were not shown through the dialogue.
I really liked the ending of the story, but not everyone will. If you are one of those readers that need everything wrapped up at the end, you will not be satisfied with this ending. Sometimes leaving pieces unanswered and not giving enough details just does not work, but it did here.
This is the third book in a trilogy. I did not read the first two, The Dark Room or The Poison Artist, but this did not seem to matter as each book can be read as a stand alone and are only "loosely" tied together.
*Please note that I read an advanced reading copy of this book, so changes may be made before the final copy is released on January 16, 2018.
Tea: Aquarius
Obtained: free sample with purchase
I received a sample of Aquarius tea with my last Adagio Teas order. This is part of their Zodiac collection. Each customer received a small tin of their zodiac sign blend with their order. The tin reminds me of a small Sucrets container, but the top slides off instead of latching. At first I thought this would be great for traveling but the container slides apart very easily and would open in a bag. Nonetheless the container is really cute and these would make great small gifts or stocking stuffers at Christmas time.
The long, thin, black tea leaves had blue and light gray flower petals, and small brown chunks mixed in. It was a pretty blend. The scent was nutty and slightly sweet from the vanilla flavoring. The ingredients listed on the website were Ceylon Sonata tea, Assam Melody tea, black tea, Oolong tea, natural hazelnut flavor, cocoa nibs, blue cornflower, and natural vanilla flavor.
I put two teaspoons of leaves in my teapot and poured sixteen ounces of water that had been boiled over the leaves. I let this steep for three minutes. The liquid was an orange brown and had a sweet, nutty scent. The taste was of a light, slightly sweet black tea with a nutty background flavor. This was a nice blend for anytime of the day.
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