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A review by d3vilxl3gacy
The Novice by Taran Matharu
3.0
Disclaimer that I'm an avid pokemon/digimon fan. This book simply had bad writing in my opinion. I really enjoyed the story and even though the world was cookie cutter fantasy it was decent enough for the story.
How to train your demon starts off way too slow for my taste but that's like 90% of YA fantasy nowadays as it is. Then it gets good, the Harry Potter vibes of the classes and making friends with the non humans were nice, too bad its bogged down typical human angst that always happens with nobility characters in these books. Then it just ends, abruptly, right after being "months" away from the finale with Ash Potter having that YA fantasy trickiness that nobody has ever thought of apparently. But then it doesn't end, but the books leaves off with a cliffhanger that isn't actually one since it's a trilogy and we all know nothing actually bad will happen to the main character.
Premise is my cup of tea but bland writing and horrendous pacing just ruined the book for me. I do plan of picking up the second as having stated, I enjoy the story and just hope the writing improves.
How to train your demon starts off way too slow for my taste but that's like 90% of YA fantasy nowadays as it is. Then it gets good, the Harry Potter vibes of the classes and making friends with the non humans were nice, too bad its bogged down typical human angst that always happens with nobility characters in these books. Then it just ends, abruptly, right after being "months" away from the finale with Ash Potter having that YA fantasy trickiness that nobody has ever thought of apparently. But then it doesn't end, but the books leaves off with a cliffhanger that isn't actually one since it's a trilogy and we all know nothing actually bad will happen to the main character.
Premise is my cup of tea but bland writing and horrendous pacing just ruined the book for me. I do plan of picking up the second as having stated, I enjoy the story and just hope the writing improves.