adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed the characters and appreciated the triumph of the female protagonist. She is a strong character who comes into her own and uproots expectations over the course of her story. I did find some parts of the narrative challenging to follow but perhaps that just because I'm new to the genre and unfamiliar with some of the fantasy references. I would recommend this book to others who enjoy the fantasy fic genre.

2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge - A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't.
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

As a not so romantasy girlie, parts one and two were slow for me to get into BUT after that halfway mark???? Oh baby, I was in that. Finished this book on the bus, immediately walked to the nearest library in search for book two. This is the type of series that I needed as a young black book worm. SO needed, so essential, SO GOOD
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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: No
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark medium-paced
adventurous emotional reflective 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: Complicated
emotional reflective 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
adventurous mysterious 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

I struggled a little bit switching to audiobook and kept tuning out part of it. The switched Tarisai made between memories of others was so abrupt and I didn't always realize it was happening.

Also this being YA Fantasy was a bit of a struggle for me.

I like the way the book ended setting it up for the next book and I'll definitely read that one.