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A review by kblincoln
The Tower's Alchemist by Alesha Escobar
4.0
Being introduced to the main character of this book as she uses wits and alchemy to extract herself and her fellow saboteur from a bunch of Nazis brought back that tension-filled excitement of watching Wonder Woman on the big screen.
And like Wonder Woman, Isabella is seeking out terrible chemical weapons that might change the course of WWII.
Only Isabella is an Alchemist who uses symbols to manipulate elements, and also has a father hunted by the Tower that trained her because of his special power to manipulate time. Meanwhile, Isabella has complicated missions in Europe to complete, and a couple of blood/magic sucking wizards on the Nazi side to avoid.
As I said above, this book starts really, really strong. Isabella is a compelling character in the beginning. Around the middle I began to get a bit confused. She has missions with a variety of helpers and I got confused about who was who and had to backtrack a little sometimes. And also I felt like the main thread of the mission to find the magical chemical weapons got a bit sidetracked once revelations about Isabella's father got thrown into the mix.
But I will most likely get the second book in the series hoping that the book' second half vagueness gets fixed in the next installment.
And like Wonder Woman, Isabella is seeking out terrible chemical weapons that might change the course of WWII.
Only Isabella is an Alchemist who uses symbols to manipulate elements, and also has a father hunted by the Tower that trained her because of his special power to manipulate time. Meanwhile, Isabella has complicated missions in Europe to complete, and a couple of blood/magic sucking wizards on the Nazi side to avoid.
As I said above, this book starts really, really strong. Isabella is a compelling character in the beginning. Around the middle I began to get a bit confused. She has missions with a variety of helpers and I got confused about who was who and had to backtrack a little sometimes. And also I felt like the main thread of the mission to find the magical chemical weapons got a bit sidetracked once revelations about Isabella's father got thrown into the mix.
But I will most likely get the second book in the series hoping that the book' second half vagueness gets fixed in the next installment.