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Catherynne M. Valente, Catherynne M. Valente: Radiance (2015) 4 stars

"Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in …

Review of 'Radiance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

It's uniquely beautiful.

Good:
I liked the mash-up of styles & the film making theme nicely ties them together.
Different story-lines are all interesting, I enjoyed how they each centered on a mystery.
The vision of Solar System / alternate history is stunning.

Bad:
The callowhale exposition at the end was superfluous & took the magic away.
* It went a little bit over my novelty budget (your millage may vary).