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Shield of Sparrows

Devney Perry

4.38 AVERAGE

adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No

Okay, so I mostly enjoyed the world building and the overall concept of the book. But (and it's a bit but) I h a t e d the main character's internal monologue?? Do you love questions? Do you love 6-10 questions in a row? Do you love learning information in only question format? Then perchance this book is for you. But it really distracted from the cutie romance and the story for me, sadly.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, oh baby you aren't ready. (okay maybe you are, but I wasn't)

Ransom is a fucking kick ass character, he won't stop til he's solved what possibly his mother started, that his father is maybe engineering to use on men as soldiers, and to protect the citizens of the continent.
And Odessa's constant growth is really amazing too. I love a woman who isn't a damsel in distress, maybe a little ditzy but she isn't in distress.

Also, fuck the King's
adventurous dark emotional medium-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
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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
adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So good, absolutely hooked through the whole story! Narration was really good, can't wait for the next one!
adventurous challenging tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

4.5 stars! Love the FMC & MMC, the plot was interesting and engaging, and the build up was excellent. The mystery element also kept things interesting. Would maybe have liked a bit better explanation of the monsters, the countries, and how magic worked, but this wasn't enough to keep me from devouring the book.