5/7/2023 0 Comments On the Edge by Ilona AndrewsThe book tells the story of Rose Drayton an Edger living between the Weird and Broken manifestations of … umm … somewhere in America? My US geography is really crappy. Oh, I should add that because On the Edge is quite a twisty book, and I want to talk about the plot, there will necessarily be spoilers in this article. The residents of the Edge (Edgers) have a foot in both worlds but truly belong to neither. Anyway the series (of which On the Edge is the first instalment) is set in a narrow no-man’s-land between the everyday “real” world (the Broken) and the crazy world of magic shit (the Weird). One of her editors apparently took to calling it “rustic fantasy” which more or less fits. It’s not really urban fantasy because it’s not set in a city (although part of me thinks this is just being picky), it’s not really PNR because everybody in it is basically human, it’s not really straight fantasy because it’s got too many real-world elements. I’m not completely sure what to say about On the Edge, but then according to Ilona Andrews’ website I’m in fairly good company, because her publishers didn’t seem to be either. Insert Aerosmith Joke Here – On the Edge by Ilona Andrews Author Reviews Book Reviews / Featured alternate-reality / Magic / rustic fantasy / Urban-Fantasy 48 Comments
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