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allys_library 's review for:
Shield of Sparrows
by Devney Perry
3.5 stars (the ending really saved this for me).
I’m conflicted with this book. For starters it was way longer than it needed to be, by about 200 pages. I also struggled with the main character and all the questions throughout the book. It was so excessive that it messed with the flow for me.
However, while I found alot of what happened to be very predictable, I also did think this was a very interesting concept overall. The last several chapters really picked up speed so what I thought would be a 2 star read became a 3.5. I think book 2 has serious potential if the author absorbs some of the lower rating critique and addresses it accordingly in the rest of this series. This author is usually a pretty tight writer, not filling her books with filler text so I can’t help but blame her publishing team for this (it’s also something I’ve noticed with other books they’ve put out). I think she shouldn’t work with this publishing house again after this series because whoever edited this book should be fired but clearly they know how to get hype around stuff.
I’m conflicted with this book. For starters it was way longer than it needed to be, by about 200 pages. I also struggled with the main character and all the questions throughout the book. It was so excessive that it messed with the flow for me.
However, while I found alot of what happened to be very predictable, I also did think this was a very interesting concept overall. The last several chapters really picked up speed so what I thought would be a 2 star read became a 3.5. I think book 2 has serious potential if the author absorbs some of the lower rating critique and addresses it accordingly in the rest of this series. This author is usually a pretty tight writer, not filling her books with filler text so I can’t help but blame her publishing team for this (it’s also something I’ve noticed with other books they’ve put out). I think she shouldn’t work with this publishing house again after this series because whoever edited this book should be fired but clearly they know how to get hype around stuff.