A review by rokinjaguar
Briarheart by Mercedes Lackey

adventurous funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This is a tricky book to review. I really enjoyed it while I was reading it and it’s done very well, but it kind of feels like either: this was written to be the first book of a long series, but then was wrapped up quickly and anticlimactically at the end to be a standalone, or the author had some points she wanted to make, but the story was really only a tool to make those points, like this was more of an essay using characters as mouthpieces than a story for its own sake. If this had been a first in a series, I probably would have given it 4.5 or 5 stars, but as a standalone it made me feel kind of weird. 
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