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A review by flaviathebibliophile
Scion of the Fox by S.M. Beiko
4.0
My experience with Scion of the Fox was quite unusual! And I don't mean that in a negative way. I'm glad to see that there are more Canadian YA books popping up everywhere, but this was the first Canadian YA fantasy book for me, and I wanted to love it (which caused me to put pressure on myself and affected how I consumed this story).
The book is set in Winnipeg and I love how often it Beiko used landmarks from there because it made it feel so much more Canadian!
I started reading Scion of the Fox last April after having wanted to start it all of that winter. By that point, the snow was melting, and I tend to get weird about the actual season and the seasons within certain books. For example, winter was on it's way out around that time last April, and Scion of the Fox is set during that transition between winter and spring.
So, it was fine for me to read it at that point. But once it got too warm outside, the book ended up sitting on my night stand for weeks and weeks. Oh the guilt! I can still feel remnants of it now.
I want you all to know that this has nothing to do with the book lacking in quality or creativity or anything like that though. I'd like to point out again that this was just my brain being weird about the season thing. Long story short, I picked this book up again once the snow started falling in late 2018, and then finally finished it in January of 2019.
So, now, let's talk about the book itself.
I really enjoyed the story, and was so so happy that it was set in Canada because as a Canadian YA reader, I find that we don't get enough of those (especially urban fantasy ones). The main character, Roan, was likeable for me from the start, and I found myself pulled into the mystery/mysteries in this book right off the bat.
I won't say any more, since I might accidentally spoil things. But I will say that I'm excited to pick up the next book (Children of the Bloodlands) in preparation for the third book coming out this autumn!
(I also wanted to mention that I had the honour of meeting S.M. Beiko at an event last February and she's super cool!)
The book is set in Winnipeg and I love how often it Beiko used landmarks from there because it made it feel so much more Canadian!
I started reading Scion of the Fox last April after having wanted to start it all of that winter. By that point, the snow was melting, and I tend to get weird about the actual season and the seasons within certain books. For example, winter was on it's way out around that time last April, and Scion of the Fox is set during that transition between winter and spring.
So, it was fine for me to read it at that point. But once it got too warm outside, the book ended up sitting on my night stand for weeks and weeks. Oh the guilt! I can still feel remnants of it now.
I want you all to know that this has nothing to do with the book lacking in quality or creativity or anything like that though. I'd like to point out again that this was just my brain being weird about the season thing. Long story short, I picked this book up again once the snow started falling in late 2018, and then finally finished it in January of 2019.
So, now, let's talk about the book itself.
I really enjoyed the story, and was so so happy that it was set in Canada because as a Canadian YA reader, I find that we don't get enough of those (especially urban fantasy ones). The main character, Roan, was likeable for me from the start, and I found myself pulled into the mystery/mysteries in this book right off the bat.
I won't say any more, since I might accidentally spoil things. But I will say that I'm excited to pick up the next book (Children of the Bloodlands) in preparation for the third book coming out this autumn!
(I also wanted to mention that I had the honour of meeting S.M. Beiko at an event last February and she's super cool!)