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A review by angelarwatts
Child of the Kaites by Beth Wangler
3.0
STORY
The concepts this story handled were all SO. COOL.
Basically, you have a Biblical Moses retelling/inspired story, so there are different races, cool world building, and with the fantasy twist, different creatures and such. You have "kaites" and "aivenkaites", which in my understanding, are basically angels and demons. That was a cool story concept and it was well executed.
The story follows Rai as she bands together and leads a revolt in order to free her people. Honestly, while the concept was fantastic, I struggled to get invested. Some things seemed to drag, and the times where it was truly interesting, were often cut short or skimmed over.
Also, as much meat as the story had, there was also a lot of "telling" in the writing style. It was difficult for me personally to see anything or feel anything in the story. But that might just be me, since the actual story is quite intriguing!
THEMES
Amazing themes of salvation, fighting the good fight, and faith! I love how bold the fight was between good vs. evil. The aivenkaites were powerful but good still won over. That was really well done! I like that in fantasy.
The themes of loyalty, to people and to God (Aia), is a heavy theme. It is interesting to see it explored in this novel. We even must face the question, "If death isn't right, how do we face it in a world that belongs to the enemy?" and so forth. I definitely loved the themes!
CHARACTERS
Most of my qualm with this book is my own personal perspective, and that's simply: I didn't quite relate to any of the characters. I'm not sure why. It was just me.
Don't get me wrong, the characters were amazing. Rai was a humble servant of God and inspiring, but I often found her a bit immature and, again, most of her emotions were "told" not "shown"... thus, I never quite grew attached. Savi was very nice, and the supporting cast were all well rounded. My favorite was probably Nhardah.
CONTENT
Clean novel. Mentions of blood, violence, beatings, etc, but nothing ever heavily described. On screen deaths but nothing graphic. Mentions of swearing, brief swearing (heck, etc). Mild sensual scenes (kisses, hand holding, touching) between a married couple. Mentions of magicians, bad magic, etc, nothing ever shown as good. PG.
OVERALL
A good novel, I just didn't quite relate to it as much as I would have liked, but I ADORED the supernatural warfare! So good.
The concepts this story handled were all SO. COOL.
Basically, you have a Biblical Moses retelling/inspired story, so there are different races, cool world building, and with the fantasy twist, different creatures and such. You have "kaites" and "aivenkaites", which in my understanding, are basically angels and demons. That was a cool story concept and it was well executed.
The story follows Rai as she bands together and leads a revolt in order to free her people. Honestly, while the concept was fantastic, I struggled to get invested. Some things seemed to drag, and the times where it was truly interesting, were often cut short or skimmed over.
Also, as much meat as the story had, there was also a lot of "telling" in the writing style. It was difficult for me personally to see anything or feel anything in the story. But that might just be me, since the actual story is quite intriguing!
THEMES
Amazing themes of salvation, fighting the good fight, and faith! I love how bold the fight was between good vs. evil. The aivenkaites were powerful but good still won over. That was really well done! I like that in fantasy.
The themes of loyalty, to people and to God (Aia), is a heavy theme. It is interesting to see it explored in this novel. We even must face the question, "If death isn't right, how do we face it in a world that belongs to the enemy?" and so forth. I definitely loved the themes!
CHARACTERS
Most of my qualm with this book is my own personal perspective, and that's simply: I didn't quite relate to any of the characters. I'm not sure why. It was just me.
Don't get me wrong, the characters were amazing. Rai was a humble servant of God and inspiring, but I often found her a bit immature and, again, most of her emotions were "told" not "shown"... thus, I never quite grew attached. Savi was very nice, and the supporting cast were all well rounded. My favorite was probably Nhardah.
CONTENT
Clean novel. Mentions of blood, violence, beatings, etc, but nothing ever heavily described. On screen deaths but nothing graphic. Mentions of swearing, brief swearing (heck, etc). Mild sensual scenes (kisses, hand holding, touching) between a married couple. Mentions of magicians, bad magic, etc, nothing ever shown as good. PG.
OVERALL
A good novel, I just didn't quite relate to it as much as I would have liked, but I ADORED the supernatural warfare! So good.