Annemieke / A Dance with Books's Reviews > We Speak Through the Mountain

Thank you to ECW Press and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway.

We Speak Through the Mountains is the sequel to The Annual Migration of Clouds. In this story Reid is travelling to Howse University. Unfortunately she got a very bad infection from the pig bite and becomes a little delirious. The Howse University spots her through her tracker and pick her up nonetheless.

Reid isn't sure what to think of the university. It seems like an utopia. But all she sees are resources and cures that the people outside of the dome could use. These aren't being shared however. The history of things are apparently also off limits. This tickles Reid the wrong way.

I loved following along Reids story, even more in this installment. Meeting the other students, and especially her roommate. There is a clear cultural difference between those who come from outside the dome and those that grew up in the dome. The students are mixed which shows their differences even more.

The dome has a lot of privileges compared to those outside it. They have electricity, they have processed food, they have something that holds off CAD. It has to feel incredibly unfair to those that come from outside of the dome. Yet they aren't allowed to share anything with the people they left behind.

The people in the dome aren't evil. They are still working towards things, things that are meant to improve the world again. But they have been living too long in their own little bubble, and can't see outside of that. They keep working further when the people outside of the dome need help now.

It is a really interesting story and the ending clearly suggests that there will be at least one more. I hope that there will be more than just one more as there is a lot left to discover in this world and with these characters.