In a dying world ruled by women, Ava-Sky travels through time to uncover the truth history tried to erase—before the past rewrites her future.
Fuchsia War is the first book of the series of the same name.
Overview
Ava-Sky lives in a dystopian future where man has overworked Mother Earth so that very little grows, and most species have died out. She lives in one of the few settlements left that are matriarchal. But when disaster strikes, she escapes to Nia, where she trains to be on the History Documentary Unit.
As part of the unit, she travels back in time to witness historical events to document true history, not what men want them to remember. Time travel requires a careful balance. One wrong step in the past can alter the present.
Positives
Such an interesting concept at such a crucial point in our world. The parallels to our own culture are haunting. The Fuchsia War world is very man-hating; they have the perception that all men are killers and abusers. It creates a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. When you tell someone they’re something enough, they eventually believe it’s true and emulate it. I found the man’s stupidity comical.
It’s always nice to see women take a stand. By traveling back in time, they can prove how men were able to pass off women’s hard work as their own. I was familiar with some of the examples, but others were new and shocking to me.
Negatives
There were some grammatical errors with quotation marks and repeated lines. However, the biggest issue for me was the pacing. It was uneven, with times when it was going for fast-paced, but it was more like skipping a verse in a song.
I’m sensitive to dialogue; I want them to feel natural. There were points where it felt forced and underdeveloped. Some of it was underdeveloped enough that our young adults in a post-apocalyptic world came off childlike.
Recommendations
While I absolutely loved the concept and themes, I feel it could have used another revision. It didn’t quite feel like a chore to read, and I still am looking forward to book two. Sadly, I give Fuchsia War three stars.
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