![]() While the plot has a lot going for it, in this review I simply have to gush over the language. There are ghosts, there is magic, and many many nautical elements. This book is set in an archipelago in a queer Atlantis focusing on many nonbinary characters and exploring the deepnames in the Birdverse present in The Four Profound Weaves with the addition of romance. The Unbalancing is rooted in the mystical cosmology, neurodiversity, and queerness that infuses Lemberg’s lyrical prose. For Ranra and Lilun, their story is just beginning for the people of Gelle-Geu, it may well be too late to save their home. An unforeseen configuration of their magical deepnames illuminates the trouble under the tides. When Ranra and Lilun meet, sparks begin to fly. Semberi insists upon telling Lilun mysterious tales of the deliverance of the stars by the goddess Bird. Meanwhile, the poet Erígra Lilún, who merely wants to be left alone, is repeatedly asked by their ancestor Semberi to take over the starkeeping helm. The celebrated new starkeeper Ranra Kekeri, who is preoccupied by the increasing tremors, confronts the problems left behind by her predecessor. Beneath the waters by the islands of Gelle-Geu, a star sleeps restlessly.
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