I enjoyed Arkangelsk but it's an odd combination of a book. It's part murder mystery, part dystopian, part romance, and part there's something niffy going on.

The book kept jumping between Anya the peaceofficers viewpoint, and Maddie the captain of a spaceship. There is also records in between certain chapters that tell of the history of Arkhangelsk before the original ship landed on the planet.

I'd call it a romance, but that's probably a little up to debate. You could just as easily make an argument for fierce friendships as this was an entirely clean story, the worst you got was some handholding. But the instant fascination between the two screams ace romance to me. I kind of want that plot, so maybe I'm biased.

At some parts there were quite a lot of suspense, and I wish it was just a little bit more that I could have called it horror. But sadly there it is lacking a little. It kept teasing "there's something iffy going on here" but the revelation isn't that big of a horror show as I'd want. I kept waiting for the records to show some big nasty secret, but most of them were rather dull imo.

Either way, a thoroughly enjoyable read. I enjoying getting to know this society under the ice, how they've developed into the society they are, the blossoming friendship between two strangers and figuring out the mystery behind it all.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. The world building, the characters, the story, all of it is just amazing. I couldn't find it listed on goodreads, so I'll be uploading a review on my tiktok. I enjoyed every page of this book, and wouldn't change anything. Thank you for letting me read this.