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Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.17 AVERAGE

adventurous 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 funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

(Really) liked it. 

WHAT A FUN BOOK. Great world, fantastic voice, and exciting magic system. Essentially trick objects into being what they're not. Really loved that system. Great characters, especially the main character, Sancia. 

Some parts were slower than others. I liked how it was generally brutal, but had good humor to not make it awful. 
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Refreshing take on the urban fantasy genre. The magic system is fascinating and mixes magic, language and science into one. There's also a focus on technology from ancient beings, and honestly its super sick. 

There's also good commentary on societal classes and caste systems. 

A very fun ride that has 2 additional books in the series if you crave more. 

4.5
adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

This Book: Have you had to mute your swears or find alternative words to say during exasperating / frustrating times?

Me: *Raises hand* Yes, I have tiny humans.

This Book: I would like to introduce you to the word “scrum”.
adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous funny 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'm obsessed with this world. The magic system is so cool. It's kinda grim dark in a more modern way which really clicked with me, and overall I'm looking forward to reading the rest!