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A review by ayanamifaerudo
Moonlands by Steven Savile
4.0
Actual rating: 4.5
Moonlands was a well-written fantasy. Winding, at times, but generous with its description of the settings and places the characters found themselves in. Lyrical in the sense that the flow of thoughts and prose was infused with emotions and hidden meanings. It felt that way.
I also liked the main character. Here was a girl that, despite being given a kingdom and being crowned queen, felt that she was not ready to take her place on the throne. She didn’t want to be queen, she wanted just to be a normal, ordinary girl but she had that innate sense of responsibility, of doing what is right. She was not ready – yet, but she will be.
She has to be if that ending has any say on the matter. I have a feeling that she will be back in the Moonlands sooner that she thinks.
Original review at Whatever You Can Still Betray.
Moonlands was a well-written fantasy. Winding, at times, but generous with its description of the settings and places the characters found themselves in. Lyrical in the sense that the flow of thoughts and prose was infused with emotions and hidden meanings. It felt that way.
I also liked the main character. Here was a girl that, despite being given a kingdom and being crowned queen, felt that she was not ready to take her place on the throne. She didn’t want to be queen, she wanted just to be a normal, ordinary girl but she had that innate sense of responsibility, of doing what is right. She was not ready – yet, but she will be.
She has to be if that ending has any say on the matter. I have a feeling that she will be back in the Moonlands sooner that she thinks.
Original review at Whatever You Can Still Betray.