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hncald78's review against another edition
5.0
Don’t let its length fool you. This richly detailed fantasy creates an amazing universe that immerses its reader into an action packed story. The author does a wonderful job pulling the reader in and gripping them tightly until the story ends. My only complaint was that the story came to an end. Wonderful! Highly recommended!
timkingsley's review against another edition
5.0
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this unbiased, voluntary review.
This book is AMAZING. I’m a huge fan of fantasy novels and this did not disappoint. The author does great world-building with the feather folk race and their interactions with humans and with nature. Fun events were peppered in among heart wrenching parts. All of the characters seemed fully explored with understandable motivation, faults, and abilities. It was the most obvious with the more villainous characters. They even made me audibly react at times. My one fault would be that the protagonist was absurdly ignorant which became somewhat annoying. All in all, a well-written novella.
I listened to the audiobook by Crystal Wikoff. She also did a great job narrating. She spoke at the perfect speed and made me instantly invested. Her voices are distinct enough to follow a conversation. And, she did many small things that made the experience all the better. For example, the characters fighting would talk more breathy to make it sound real, but the dialogue was still easy to understand.
In summary, I would strongly recommend this novella to frequent fantasy readers and anyone looking for a terrific book.
This book is AMAZING. I’m a huge fan of fantasy novels and this did not disappoint. The author does great world-building with the feather folk race and their interactions with humans and with nature. Fun events were peppered in among heart wrenching parts. All of the characters seemed fully explored with understandable motivation, faults, and abilities. It was the most obvious with the more villainous characters. They even made me audibly react at times. My one fault would be that the protagonist was absurdly ignorant which became somewhat annoying. All in all, a well-written novella.
I listened to the audiobook by Crystal Wikoff. She also did a great job narrating. She spoke at the perfect speed and made me instantly invested. Her voices are distinct enough to follow a conversation. And, she did many small things that made the experience all the better. For example, the characters fighting would talk more breathy to make it sound real, but the dialogue was still easy to understand.
In summary, I would strongly recommend this novella to frequent fantasy readers and anyone looking for a terrific book.
timkingsley's review
5.0
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this unbiased, voluntary review.
This book is AMAZING. I’m a huge fan of fantasy novels and this did not disappoint. The author does great world-building with the feather folk race and their interactions with humans and with nature. Fun events were peppered in among heart wrenching parts. All of the characters seemed fully explored with understandable motivation, faults, and abilities. It was the most obvious with the more villainous characters. They even made me audibly react at times. My one fault would be that the protagonist was absurdly ignorant which became somewhat annoying. All in all, a well-written novella.
I listened to the audiobook by Crystal Wikoff. She also did a great job narrating. She spoke at the perfect speed and made me instantly invested. Her voices are distinct enough to follow a conversation. And, she did many small things that made the experience all the better. For example, the characters fighting would talk more breathy to make it sound real, but the dialogue was still easy to understand.
In summary, I would strongly recommend this novella to frequent fantasy readers and anyone looking for a terrific book.
This book is AMAZING. I’m a huge fan of fantasy novels and this did not disappoint. The author does great world-building with the feather folk race and their interactions with humans and with nature. Fun events were peppered in among heart wrenching parts. All of the characters seemed fully explored with understandable motivation, faults, and abilities. It was the most obvious with the more villainous characters. They even made me audibly react at times. My one fault would be that the protagonist was absurdly ignorant which became somewhat annoying. All in all, a well-written novella.
I listened to the audiobook by Crystal Wikoff. She also did a great job narrating. She spoke at the perfect speed and made me instantly invested. Her voices are distinct enough to follow a conversation. And, she did many small things that made the experience all the better. For example, the characters fighting would talk more breathy to make it sound real, but the dialogue was still easy to understand.
In summary, I would strongly recommend this novella to frequent fantasy readers and anyone looking for a terrific book.
thebookdreamersalley's review against another edition
5.0
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.*
4.5 rounded up.
This was a beautiful story from which many morals can be extracted.
The story, the narrator and how it was written made me smile through it, Bran's voice was the cutest thing ever and I certainly felt close to every single good character.
I would highly recommend this fantasy book if you want to get into a properly built world and even dream of meeting its well rounded characters!
4.5 rounded up.
This was a beautiful story from which many morals can be extracted.
The story, the narrator and how it was written made me smile through it, Bran's voice was the cutest thing ever and I certainly felt close to every single good character.
I would highly recommend this fantasy book if you want to get into a properly built world and even dream of meeting its well rounded characters!
katifelix's review against another edition
2.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review. What follows are my honest thoughts and feelings I had while reading this book.
First off, let me just point out that the cover for The Harrowed Half-Breed is GORGEOUS! It caught my eye immediately. I recently finished The Cruel Prince by Holly Black and my fantasy-loving heart is desperate for more Faery stories.
Unfortunately, this book falls far short of what the cover and description promised.
While the premise is strong, and the overall idea is intriguing and gripping, the execution did not deliver.
From the very opening Prologue, I found the world-building weak and too fast-paced to immerse myself. It felt rather forced, and not fully-planned. Many details of the world and the setting felt like they were added last-minute, and didn’t match with the rest of the world.
Characters were not original in their entirety, but I did feel like they had potential, given more time to develop and show us who they were.
This book suffers from its length, perhaps. At 31,000 or so words, it’s more of a novella, and perhaps the ideas and characters would have been stronger had they been given the space to grow properly.
The writing overall felt choppy, and immature, sort of like a first draft. I felt like the old adage of “show, don’t tell” was very heavily ignored, and the story really suffers for it. Viewpoint changes in the middle of a scene, also, which had me putting the book down several times in frustration. The ending felt dissatisfying and rather hopeless.
Overall, I very badly wanted this book to be better than it was. I believe it can be. The author has a very strong and solid vision for his world and characters, and I want to read his next story in the world to see what happens next.
First off, let me just point out that the cover for The Harrowed Half-Breed is GORGEOUS! It caught my eye immediately. I recently finished The Cruel Prince by Holly Black and my fantasy-loving heart is desperate for more Faery stories.
Unfortunately, this book falls far short of what the cover and description promised.
While the premise is strong, and the overall idea is intriguing and gripping, the execution did not deliver.
From the very opening Prologue, I found the world-building weak and too fast-paced to immerse myself. It felt rather forced, and not fully-planned. Many details of the world and the setting felt like they were added last-minute, and didn’t match with the rest of the world.
Characters were not original in their entirety, but I did feel like they had potential, given more time to develop and show us who they were.
This book suffers from its length, perhaps. At 31,000 or so words, it’s more of a novella, and perhaps the ideas and characters would have been stronger had they been given the space to grow properly.
The writing overall felt choppy, and immature, sort of like a first draft. I felt like the old adage of “show, don’t tell” was very heavily ignored, and the story really suffers for it. Viewpoint changes in the middle of a scene, also, which had me putting the book down several times in frustration. The ending felt dissatisfying and rather hopeless.
Overall, I very badly wanted this book to be better than it was. I believe it can be. The author has a very strong and solid vision for his world and characters, and I want to read his next story in the world to see what happens next.
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