This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

 This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (224 Pages)

Summary: Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?

Opinion: This book is so good, not what I expected, but so good. This is talked about as a sci-fi book and it is, but really it is a romance book at its core. While the sci-fi aspect is important to the context of the story, the relationship building between Red and Blue is the story. In particular, I loved the writing in this novel, especially the letters between the two main characters which were especially profound. This book is only 200 pages, but it took a while to read as this book constantly makes one think about the true meaning of the authors' words. Would highly recommend.