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A review by steftolbert
Voyage of the Damned: A Fantasy Novel by Frances White
3.5
(3.5 stars rounded up)
Dee is one of the Blessed and on a boat ride to a ceremony to celebrate all the Blessed (kids with special powers to help their country). People start dying and secrets start coming out. This book has a somewhat complicated magic system and honestly it was a little hard to follow combined with the numerous provinces, powers, province animal/character name (used interchangeably), and their hair colors (that supposedly tell you where people are from). I couldn’t decide if I like Dee and his sarcasm, jokes and relationship with some of the Blessed, or hated him and his obsession with food, constant drama and weirdly being turned on by things in weird situations. I enjoyed the murder-mystery aspect (a la “And Then There Were None” but with superpowers) but some parts of the backstory and lore of this magic situation were just a little hard to follow. A bit of the romance felt super rushed and like Dee just would fall in love with anyone, but that made sense later. I think that relationship was maybe the most interesting aspect of the book.
Thanks to NetGalley & Frances White for allowing me to read and review this!
Dee is one of the Blessed and on a boat ride to a ceremony to celebrate all the Blessed (kids with special powers to help their country). People start dying and secrets start coming out. This book has a somewhat complicated magic system and honestly it was a little hard to follow combined with the numerous provinces, powers, province animal/character name (used interchangeably), and their hair colors (that supposedly tell you where people are from). I couldn’t decide if I like Dee and his sarcasm, jokes and relationship with some of the Blessed, or hated him and his obsession with food, constant drama and weirdly being turned on by things in weird situations. I enjoyed the murder-mystery aspect (a la “And Then There Were None” but with superpowers) but some parts of the backstory and lore of this magic situation were just a little hard to follow. A bit of the romance felt super rushed and like Dee just would fall in love with anyone, but that made sense later. I think that relationship was maybe the most interesting aspect of the book.
Thanks to NetGalley & Frances White for allowing me to read and review this!