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Black water sister

Zen Cho

3.89 AVERAGE


I just didn’t care for the main character, Jess. 


adventurous medium-paced
adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

Took forever to read because of teaching season; would have gone much faster otherwise. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

Lovely to read a fantasy set in a different culture to my own and interesting to understand more about how various cultures blend.

This would have been a lot easier to read if it hadn't been so slow to start. It doesn't really pick up until the middle, and I do like how it was resolved, but the pacing was very front-heavy.
adventurous 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
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved the effortless way the author combines modern city life with mythology.