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4.06 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
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 dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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

The ending had me SHOOK. 
adventurous tense medium-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: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous slow-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: No

Pacing was really slow and i often found myself not engaged with the story, but I’ll keep readin! The twist at the end was pretty darn good 
adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For a book that was self-published at first, The Shadow of What Was Lost kept me engaged and addicted until the last page. The magic was neat and the characters were interesting. Although I would agree that the book doesn't differ from other epic fantasy books much in the premise, I loved pretty much every moment of the plot. Although the writing in the book wasn't as mature as something by Brandon Sanderson, it had very similar vibes. Overall, I'd recommend to anyone who wants an easy fantasy series with some awesome characters (looking at you Asha).

3.5 rounded to 3