Catriona Mackay

I seem to have read a few books recently with ( a particular plot device ), all of which have to deal with ( an issue with that plot device ). I think The Everlasting does this pretty well. That combined with a pleasing narrative voice (or two) made this a very enjoyable read for me.

Thematically, it talks about how we tell stories about ourselves and others, and how those stories get changed or distorted for noble or malign reasons. A plus point is a canonically bisexual character (where their sexuality isn't a big deal) :)

I don't currently have access to a copy of Shroud, the final novel on the shortlist; I've not much got on with Adrian Tchaikovsky's books before, so I'm not sure if I'm going to try and get to it before the voting deadline (e.g. the local library's ebook version isn't available until after the deadline)...