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A review by ceridwyn
Sasha by Joel Shepherd
3.0
This has great characters and really interesting politics. Sasha feel quite unique in her role and personality and I got very involved with her.
I did have a great deal of difficulty, however, in following the religious and local politics in the book. Shepherd does a lot of showing rather than telling and I had to work extremely hard to figure out who was who and what the different religions vs different regions were - I nearly gave up several times but kept being dragged back in by the characters. It's clear that the author has the world utterly sorted in his head, but I had problems with the linguistic elements, as they didn't seem to support the political differences.
I will definitely be mooching the second book when it comes out however.
I did have a great deal of difficulty, however, in following the religious and local politics in the book. Shepherd does a lot of showing rather than telling and I had to work extremely hard to figure out who was who and what the different religions vs different regions were - I nearly gave up several times but kept being dragged back in by the characters. It's clear that the author has the world utterly sorted in his head, but I had problems with the linguistic elements, as they didn't seem to support the political differences.
I will definitely be mooching the second book when it comes out however.