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A review by margo_lindner
The Chrysalis Key by E.P. Bali
3.0
3.
This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review.
This was a really solid start to a new fantasy series. The book started very slow, but once the action picked up and I felt more grounded in the world it improved greatly.
My biggest issue was not being able to really connect with any of the characters. That almost comes with the territory of having a large cast at the forefront of the story. In this you can definitely see the pull from the "breakfast club" roots. A lot of the characters are unlikeable and that is certainly done on purpose. They're all such unique individuals who don't really know how to mesh well together yet, and I'm sure that that's coming in future books.
I absolutely adored the descriptions of Chrysalis. It was very easy to transport myself to this strange, beautiful place, and see what the characters were seeing.
All in all there were parts of this book that I loved, and there were parts that I didn't love so much. And even so I am very intrigued to keep reading this story. I still want to know where all of the characters are going to go, and what strange circumstances they will find themselves in in the next book. 5
This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review.
This was a really solid start to a new fantasy series. The book started very slow, but once the action picked up and I felt more grounded in the world it improved greatly.
My biggest issue was not being able to really connect with any of the characters. That almost comes with the territory of having a large cast at the forefront of the story. In this you can definitely see the pull from the "breakfast club" roots. A lot of the characters are unlikeable and that is certainly done on purpose. They're all such unique individuals who don't really know how to mesh well together yet, and I'm sure that that's coming in future books.
I absolutely adored the descriptions of Chrysalis. It was very easy to transport myself to this strange, beautiful place, and see what the characters were seeing.
All in all there were parts of this book that I loved, and there were parts that I didn't love so much. And even so I am very intrigued to keep reading this story. I still want to know where all of the characters are going to go, and what strange circumstances they will find themselves in in the next book. 5