A review by solo_shelf
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book was such an easy read compared to other fantasy books. Although the world is new, it is set in something if historical.

A story set in the middle of the plague, at times you forget that this enemy is right around the corner. I think it encapsulates a lot of feelings felt about our current predicament. 

It was nice that ultimately it wasn’t a story about love, friendship and finding out the truth was at its core. 

I did have questions about the culture, because I a lot of the words/names of food had no set pattern. So is it all a mix of everything? Also, year of the reaper is an interesting but did not appear to be relevant to the plot. 

Overall, I really liked it and the characters had such good chemistry of friendship that I could see in my head this being. made into a si glue season tv show. 

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