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smudgy2312's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement
nerdybirdy101's review against another edition
lighthearted
4.0
I received this book in a Nerdy Book Box subscription. It is a middle-grade book that follows Brie who is on the flee after her kingdom is attacked and her family is killed. She is rescued by her three saviors, Flinton, Derek, and Kove. They turn out to be one of the Blameless and they take Brie under their wings and protect her. Brie finds out about the Blameless and how they are these people who receive magical gifts from gods after performing acts of supreme selflessness. We see Brie get training and cope through her grief of her family’s death.
I enjoyed this book and thought it got better the more you read, the beginning was a bit of a struggle to get through. I think that it took the notion of grief and put it into ideas that middle-grade readers can understand. The magical portion of the world was great and I think that was the strong point of the book. I think this book does have topics that would be better for late middle-schoolers and early high schoolers to read.
I can this book 4 out of 5 stars. It received this rating because the start was on the slower side and a tad boring for me, we do start with the murder of her family (not a spoiler literally in the book description) but it was from Brie’s perspective and she had minimal understanding of it. By the end of the book, we have a lot of action happening which was fabulous and we meet a bunch of characters. It definitely sets up the stage for the sequel and I wished the book started off like that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
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