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A review by drlark
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
3.25
While the slow burn, enemies to lovers romance in this is exquisitely paced, I just did not care about the plot. Our main girl Sylvia is the last of a line of royalty from a kingdom that's been destroyed. She lives under a hidden identity, hiding her magic, until she's chosen as a champion for this competition. The guy who chooses her is, of course, the enemy of her kingdom.
I like the Egyptian-inspired fantasy world, and the relationship between our leads keeps the book afloat, but overall, I think there's too much exposition between lines of dialog, and I think having this be 1st person does a disservice to the side characters and the world. I didn't want to only be stuck in Sylvia's head. That, with a magical competition plot structure that did not capture my interest or ultimately mean much, would indicate this wasn't really for me. I would not have made it through were it not for the audiobook.
I like the Egyptian-inspired fantasy world, and the relationship between our leads keeps the book afloat, but overall, I think there's too much exposition between lines of dialog, and I think having this be 1st person does a disservice to the side characters and the world. I didn't want to only be stuck in Sylvia's head. That, with a magical competition plot structure that did not capture my interest or ultimately mean much, would indicate this wasn't really for me. I would not have made it through were it not for the audiobook.