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A review by catz853
The Battle of Evernight by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
2.0
The trilogy started out with potential, despite the extreme wordiness and overly detailed description. It was almost comical at times - like the half-page list of trade goods to the tower… in alphabetical order. The author has an expansive vocabulary, which was interesting at times but annoying at others. A mute, scarred protagonist was also intriguing but wasn’t sustained past the magical cure at the end of the first book.
The second book fell into all the standard racialized and sexist tropes of fantasy that we should have left behind decades ago. I persevered, though.
By the middle of the third book, I was ready for Morrigan to kill them all off just to finish the endless journey that seemed more focused on introducing new elements of world building, creatures, and geography (really should be done most of that by book 3…) than actually advancing what little plot remained.
If you like clichéd fantasy with pages and pages of description, this series is for you.
The second book fell into all the standard racialized and sexist tropes of fantasy that we should have left behind decades ago. I persevered, though.
By the middle of the third book, I was ready for Morrigan to kill them all off just to finish the endless journey that seemed more focused on introducing new elements of world building, creatures, and geography (really should be done most of that by book 3…) than actually advancing what little plot remained.
If you like clichéd fantasy with pages and pages of description, this series is for you.