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Touch of Power
by Maria V. Snyder
Avry has the power to magically heal people by assuming their wounds. When a plague breaks out and kills 2/3 of the population, people turn against the healers and hunt them down. This logical leap isn't explained until almost all the way through the novel, so I just spent the majority of the time wondering why people were being such idiots. Anyway, Avry is captured by a group of freedom fighters who want her to heal their prince so he can try to piece the world back together again.
Do you have one of those friends who always just assumes people know what they are thinking? They'll say something like, "But how will we pull it off???" and get pissed when you have no idea what they are talking about? I feel like that happens several times throughout the novel with this author. The narrator will just randomly state things without any proper set-up or background.It seemed like Synder had the whole story in her mind but forgot to let readers in on it.
Hands down, the thing I found most interesting about this novel were the narrative possibilities of a fantasy world suddenly missing 2/3 of its population. Snyder is semi-successful in exploring a few of these. I essentially liked the character of Avry after I reconciled with the fact she's supposed to be twenty, but her romantic connection with Kerrick felt soulless. The love interest and all the secondary characters were very two-dimensional and puerile. Their personalities were all essentially interchangeable.
The narrative stakes were quite good and engaging... until they were dismissed with a really stupid deus ex machina.
Do you have one of those friends who always just assumes people know what they are thinking? They'll say something like, "But how will we pull it off???" and get pissed when you have no idea what they are talking about? I feel like that happens several times throughout the novel with this author. The narrator will just randomly state things without any proper set-up or background.It seemed like Synder had the whole story in her mind but forgot to let readers in on it.
Hands down, the thing I found most interesting about this novel were the narrative possibilities of a fantasy world suddenly missing 2/3 of its population. Snyder is semi-successful in exploring a few of these. I essentially liked the character of Avry after I reconciled with the fact she's supposed to be twenty, but her romantic connection with Kerrick felt soulless. The love interest and all the secondary characters were very two-dimensional and puerile. Their personalities were all essentially interchangeable.
The narrative stakes were quite good and engaging... until they were dismissed with a really stupid deus ex machina.