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brinstarre's review
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lairedae's review
4.0
Beautifully written intro to Athera and some of the political situation 500 years before the events of [b:The Curse of the Mistwraith|28660|The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light & Shadow, #1)|Janny Wurts|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328835513s/28660.jpg|1945432].
yasser's review
3.0
A novella in Janny Wurts' Wars of Light & Shadow, it follows a girl who finds out a secret regarding her father and has to leave the city in order to stay safe. That's pretty much all I can describe because it's pretty much all I understood.
Not in a bad way, I was completely overwhelmed by all the detail packed into the ~20 pages. There's some creepy cabal of powerful witches, a mistwraith consuming the natural light, historical clansmen who are despised, unicorns with centaur guardians, Sorcerers, prophetic dreams and many words with apostrophes.
It's refreshing to not be spoon-fed exposition and slowly be introduced to the world's many facets. I was happily confused throughout which may have been tiresome for a novel but worked in this story's favour.
I don't know if it's the type of introduction to a series that everyone likes but it worked for me; I'm curious to read more.
Not in a bad way, I was completely overwhelmed by all the detail packed into the ~20 pages. There's some creepy cabal of powerful witches, a mistwraith consuming the natural light, historical clansmen who are despised, unicorns with centaur guardians, Sorcerers, prophetic dreams and many words with apostrophes.
It's refreshing to not be spoon-fed exposition and slowly be introduced to the world's many facets. I was happily confused throughout which may have been tiresome for a novel but worked in this story's favour.
I don't know if it's the type of introduction to a series that everyone likes but it worked for me; I'm curious to read more.
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