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ezwolf's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I loved this! Reading books with settings and magic systems different from what’s commonly used in western fantasy is so interesting. I will excitedly be awaiting the next book in the series!
Abeni is such a fun character and I found her so adorable. The friends she meets and makes along the way are also just as interesting. I really liked that her growing friend group was (almost) all girls. I feel like often in books like this the group tends to be more boys than girls but that wasn’t the case for Abeni. The relationship between Abeni and Asha is so complicated but done well and I loved that Abeni just kind of became the guardian for more girls along the way.
This book gets the story moving quickly, it didn’t have that expositional drag some books tend to have in the first 20%, which I appreciated.
I only have one personal grievance with the audiobook which is that I was not a fan of the voice acting for Abeni or Asha. But I did like the narration and being able to hear the proper way to pronounce names.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Abeni is such a fun character and I found her so adorable. The friends she meets and makes along the way are also just as interesting. I really liked that her growing friend group was (almost) all girls. I feel like often in books like this the group tends to be more boys than girls but that wasn’t the case for Abeni. The relationship between Abeni and Asha is so complicated but done well and I loved that Abeni just kind of became the guardian for more girls along the way.
This book gets the story moving quickly, it didn’t have that expositional drag some books tend to have in the first 20%, which I appreciated.
I only have one personal grievance with the audiobook which is that I was not a fan of the voice acting for Abeni or Asha. But I did like the narration and being able to hear the proper way to pronounce names.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery
Moderate: Body horror and Vomit
Minor: Ableism and Animal death
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