A review by bookssiopeia
A Pocket of Lies by R.A. Sandpiper

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

KEEP READING, THE SEQUEL IS SO MUCH BETTER!!

Now that I got that out of my system, here's

The Good:

• Very cool & mysterious magic system
• Intriguing plot hook 
• Great twists!
• Incredible one-liners.

The Bad:

• During the prologue, I found myself thinking "this could have used editing" multiple times. It gets much better as the book goes on, but still.
• The middle of the story d r a g s. 
• Kol randomly shows up twice in the desert? I get that we have to develop him as a love interest I guess but holy shit it feels forced as hell to have him randomly show up twice.

The Mixed:

• The fight scenes could use some work. I enjoyed them, but the writing came off as clunky sometimes. 
• Suri can be dense. I get that it's a flaw of hers and it's written well, but I just don't like it very much.