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betweentheshelves's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wanted to love this because the art is so, so gorgeous, but the writing and the world building just fell a little flat for me. We're dropped right in the middle of the action, which is normally fine for me, but I didn't feel like there were enough details in the rest of the story to fill in what was going on. I still felt quite confused by the end of the book.
It seems like this might be a series, though (maybe?), so perhaps we'll get more details later on. The concept was interesting, and I loved the magical elements woven throughout the text. The characters were also great! We just needed those world details to really put the reader on the same page.
It seems like this might be a series, though (maybe?), so perhaps we'll get more details later on. The concept was interesting, and I loved the magical elements woven throughout the text. The characters were also great! We just needed those world details to really put the reader on the same page.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Self harm
ezwolf's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Althalia, Lia, is a young woman, eager to use her abilities to help people. She loves her grandmother but doesn’t like to sit for lessons and is very conscious of the history of colonization of her people. I really liked that this was taking a look at the colonization of indigenous people native to South America and how the effect of losing cultural knowledge is a detrimental. The plot of this first volume was very common (young person with powers doesn’t want to learn, has lost family, loses the only family they have left who can teach them, they’re angered into almost losing control, and then learning that’s not the way to go about things). But I think every one deserves to have these kinds of stories told about people like them and I’m interested to see where this story goes!
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Colonisation and Xenophobia
Minor: Self harm
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