A review by doruga
By Sea & Sky: An Esowon Story by Antoine Bandele

4.0

[3.5 or 3.7] I had a really good time with this one. I liked the author's youtube channel and decided to give one of his books a read. The characters are very fun and the lore is super interesting. I will say that this book - being the start of a series - did feel a little too set-uppy at times for me. There wasn't an overarching story 'carrot' pulling me to keep reading until about halfway through the story, when something really big happens. Also, there are points where the main character will come up with a crazy plan and I wouldn't understand why the people around them would trust them and go with it, especially later at the end of the story. These are mostly nitpicking though. I overall really liked this book and will definitely read more from this world.