A review by amiascah
Talon by Julie Kagawa

adventurous relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

At the beginning I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did, I had liked Julie Kagawa's fae novels when I was a teen and haven't reread any in ages. At the start I felt like I might have aged a bit much for the story and the characters, but it turned out not to be completely the case. I think it was just a light change from what I have been reading. Kagawa kept the novel at a nice even pace, there was no slow spots and dead bits and I think she wrote Ember really well. A lot of times similar FMC rub me the wrong way, I find them annoying and conceited and Ember, wasn't stuck up or believing she was all perfect, despite being trained for one of the most elite 'solider-like' positions in their society. In fact she was shocked about it, which helped make the actions sequences believable, cause she was able to hold her own despite being a hatchling but she was conceited about it. Near the end end I would say the only issue I had was she seemed to be veering toward love triangle land and that is almost as bad as insta-love.