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A review by kzimm2024
Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
5.0
Apparently I need to start a new shelf, one that describes this amazing story.
This fascinating, glorious story.
It reads kind of YA at the start, and it is clean, but the world and adventure, characters, make it a book I could not put down.
The concept is intriguing, mostly reincarnation based on how you lived your life (monsters if you are bad and other things if you aren't), and I could see the plot in advance (how the lion had been trapped into being a monster when it wasn't) and it is a kind of worn out villain scenario (people in power willing to do what it takes to stay there).
BUT- it was still amazing! I loved it and even though one of my favorite characters is cruelly killed by the author :) it was a truly enjoyable story. I felt the sand and the wind, pictured the creatures and loved the depth of the characters. Lady Evara- who would have thought how vital she would be.
And guess what! No series- a standalone. Whew!
Also, slight typo, when they line up the monsters for the racing I believe it should be chute instead of shoot- just a heads up.
This fascinating, glorious story.
It reads kind of YA at the start, and it is clean, but the world and adventure, characters, make it a book I could not put down.
The concept is intriguing, mostly reincarnation based on how you lived your life (monsters if you are bad and other things if you aren't), and I could see the plot in advance (how the lion had been trapped into being a monster when it wasn't) and it is a kind of worn out villain scenario (people in power willing to do what it takes to stay there).
BUT- it was still amazing! I loved it and even though one of my favorite characters is cruelly killed by the author :) it was a truly enjoyable story. I felt the sand and the wind, pictured the creatures and loved the depth of the characters. Lady Evara- who would have thought how vital she would be.
And guess what! No series- a standalone. Whew!
Also, slight typo, when they line up the monsters for the racing I believe it should be chute instead of shoot- just a heads up.