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scorpiobookfairy's review against another edition
4.0
It started out pretty slow... in fact, the whole book reminded me of a diary of the main characters life than an epic story... Not usually my cup of tea but it was written well and keeps enough interested to want to get to the end. I probably wouldn't read any sequels just because the style of the author just didn't suit me, but I enjoyed it enough that I would tell anyone who wanted to read it that it was a good read :)
msseviereads's review
3.0
So I liked this book, but didn't love it. There was a lot of time spent on world building, and I could clearly tell that it was the first in a series.
I liked the idea of the book, and enjoyed Eff as a character. But it seemed like A LOT of time elapsed in the book without much action happening.
With all that being said... I was thrilled to see the second book in the series was already published and will be putting it on the "to-read" list.
I liked the idea of the book, and enjoyed Eff as a character. But it seemed like A LOT of time elapsed in the book without much action happening.
With all that being said... I was thrilled to see the second book in the series was already published and will be putting it on the "to-read" list.
madz2023's review
3.0
This book was pretty good. The main character, Eff, was interesting, but I felt she was kinda slow and not very funny or descriptive. He brother, Lan was way cooler to read about because he was a 7th son of a 7th son. This meant he was super powerful!! At some point they made you think that maybe Eff was actually powerful. Weird powerful, but hey aren't all main characters different in some way? In the end she just turned out to be normal. I also didn't absolutely love the setting. Sure it was a new idea, but it really didn't interest me. Old time setting with magic in the East and and old time setting that bans magic in the West. Frankly it was confusing most of the time. Lan was definitely the reason I actually finished the book.
brookerhees's review
3.0
I thought it was a fun take on mixing magic into historical fiction. The subtle word exchanges were my favorite part.
dawnoftheread's review
4.0
Delightful fresh fantasy, though flawed by missing any native culture references.
janeofalltrades's review
3.0
If you treat this like a pioneer travelers log rather than a book, you'll be able to get the most out of it.
emilyanne29's review
3.0
I would give it 3.5 stars if I could but it wasn't quite 4....it was entertaining enough, but so predictable, the whole seventh son of a seventh son was a bit tedious and played too much, and lan wasn't the double seventh son but double seventh child so it didn't really make much sense
adeperi's review
2.0
I stick by exactly what I said right after I finished this book: "It was like reading somebody's life story whose life wasn't really all that interesting." In other words, quite boring most of the time. There must have been something good, though, or it wouldn't have stayed on my shelf.
bookfan1414's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0