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A review by katyanaish
Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara
5.0
I adore this series. Completely adore it.
Yes, the heroine is a little slow on the uptake (but less slow than everyone treats her... I can't tell if that's deliberate cleverness on her part - she let's them assume she's less bright than she is, because it makes her less than a threat - or if the author is just working hard to keep her feeling naive and thereby more lovable), but it doesn't bother me. I like the flow of intuition and instinct, that she doesn't always know logically what she's doing, but when she lets go and does what she feels she needs to, she's able to function best. I get that it means that we as the reader don't always directly understand what is happening, but I actually like that. I like it because I feel tied to Kaylin, as if her journey is my journey. The words, at those moments, breeze through me in an almost poetic way, and though I don't always grasp exactly what they mean, I feel their weight and rightness.
It is honestly an impressive thing for the author to be able to do.
I am worried for every single one of the main characters, and I can't wait to read onward.
Yes, the heroine is a little slow on the uptake (but less slow than everyone treats her... I can't tell if that's deliberate cleverness on her part - she let's them assume she's less bright than she is, because it makes her less than a threat - or if the author is just working hard to keep her feeling naive and thereby more lovable), but it doesn't bother me. I like the flow of intuition and instinct, that she doesn't always know logically what she's doing, but when she lets go and does what she feels she needs to, she's able to function best. I get that it means that we as the reader don't always directly understand what is happening, but I actually like that. I like it because I feel tied to Kaylin, as if her journey is my journey. The words, at those moments, breeze through me in an almost poetic way, and though I don't always grasp exactly what they mean, I feel their weight and rightness.
It is honestly an impressive thing for the author to be able to do.
I am worried for every single one of the main characters, and I can't wait to read onward.