I don't know what it was about this book that I didn't fully click with. Perhaps it was the excessively flowery writing that obscured my understanding for parts of the book or the underdeveloped world building that could have been so great. Ultimately, it was somewhat of a disappointing read. 

The majority of this novella was written in an understandable manner and one which I quite enjoyed the pace of. The rest, however, read like words were just thrown together for the sake of ambiguity. While I still really enjoyed much of the lyricism, I also found it exhausting to get through at times and begged for simplicity. Nevertheless, I liked the way letter sending and reading was portrayed in this book (written in seeds that when ingested projected imagery and words in the head and in tea leaves). It was really imaginative and interesting to see what Red and Blue would come up with next and the snarkiness in what they wrote to each other. 

I quite liked the characterisation of both Red and Blue where the former is a product of a machinery/ cyberpunk type of world and the latter is "grown" in a type of ecosystem. The contrasting nature of these 2 characters really helped me better understand the divisions in the world created. Also, Red looking up a guide on letter writing was slightly amusing. That being said, I did not see their romance as developed enough for me to be invested. I think it came out of nowhere and had no natural progression, although I understand that this is most likely due to how short the story was. 

Plot wise I think it was good, it got a bit convoluted with all the time travelling and jumping about but by the end it made more sense. 

Overall, I'm a wee bit dissapointed with this book but it was a solid read.