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adventurous emotional 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

How do I rate this 10 out of 5 stars, holy crap

The world building felt like a breath of fresh air. Detailed in just the right way, but didn't become infodumps. The characters were bright and exciting. Each were developed with rich backgrounds, although I wish there were more on the side characters. Maybe they will be in the sequel. It was fun and thrilling to read from start to finish.

Such rich, beautiful world-building and story-telling. Both the characters and plot were well-developed and so interesting and unique. This book got me out of my reading slump.

4.5 A fully realized world, complex characters, great writing, and even included a list of character name pronunciations and a glossary of in-world terms for readers. I appreciated the themes of toppling patriarchy and the freedom/power of finding your purpose and using your voice. Really great first book, will definitely be looking out for more from Ifueko. This book is fully contained, but I can definitely see her building this world out in sequels. The audio by Joniece Abbott-Pratt was very well down (she also killed it reading Grown). A strong recommend if you like fantasy that rises about clichés!

Well, what can I say, this book completely blew me away, I could not put this book down! The world-building was so rich and the characters had great development. I really connected with the characters, I felt so much for them especially Tarisai, she has such a strength to her. I loved the magic system in this book, it’s incredible, I really don’t want to give anything away except you need to pick this book up!!
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

wow
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No