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A review by trinityb2021
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
2.5
2.5 ⭐️
This book just didn’t hit the way that I wanted it too. It was missing a lot of the fun coziness of the first book and it tried to have a more serious plot that didn’t really work. It was still light-hearted but it felt really shallow. I didn’t connect with the characters like I did in Legends & Lattes and there wasn’t much character growth. Prequels are hard. You have a limited time frame and a limited amount of growth because usually the character needs to be knocked down so they can have the growth that occurs in the next book (that has already been written). I think prequels usually don’t work and unfortunately that was the case here. Stick to sequels and spin-offs.
I did really like the world. A fun and cozy equivalent of the Forgotten Realms is a great idea for a setting and I really like it. I also liked the copyright friendly Owlbear it made me laugh.
I feel kind of guilty giving this book a low rating because there wasn’t anything really bad about it. As Abby Lee Miller would say “You just didn’t stand out to me”
This book just didn’t hit the way that I wanted it too. It was missing a lot of the fun coziness of the first book and it tried to have a more serious plot that didn’t really work. It was still light-hearted but it felt really shallow. I didn’t connect with the characters like I did in Legends & Lattes and there wasn’t much character growth. Prequels are hard. You have a limited time frame and a limited amount of growth because usually the character needs to be knocked down so they can have the growth that occurs in the next book (that has already been written). I think prequels usually don’t work and unfortunately that was the case here. Stick to sequels and spin-offs.
I did really like the world. A fun and cozy equivalent of the Forgotten Realms is a great idea for a setting and I really like it. I also liked the copyright friendly Owlbear it made me laugh.
I feel kind of guilty giving this book a low rating because there wasn’t anything really bad about it. As Abby Lee Miller would say “You just didn’t stand out to me”