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storyweaving_kay 's review for:
Vessel
by Samantha Jo
I am going to be honest. I almost DNF’ed this book at the beginning based on just the way I received the copy unfortunately. I received an ARC copy for Samantha Jo’s re-release, but the copy I received looked like the pages were scanned in as images. This prevented me from using dark mode since all the pages were white background, and I had to zoom in for each image. This did cause some irritation since I do have sensitive eyesight to brightness.
However, I stuck through the book. It did take a bit longer to read though because of this issue. The story was fast-paced and easy to read. I loved how the readers were able to not only see the protagonist’s point of view but also the main antagonist as well as a few side characters’ point of views. The only one that left me a bit confused was the final chapter. I am expecting to see more from that character in future books.
I appreciated how the author used flashbacks sparingly to reveal important information to the readers so they would understand what was happening in the story and why. Furthermore, she was able to relay information about the complex world that she created through the characters acted as well as how other characters may react to view our characters.
Although the reader has the chance to fully understand the First and Third Orders and what their roles are supposed to be as well as what a Vessel does for the world, we did not receive much information about mana or the meteorite. There isn’t a clear understanding of what the limits of mana are. In doing so, it’s hard to truly grasp how unusual Stokely’s and Calen’s abilities are without the other characters just outright stating that their abilities and skills are uncommon. I am hoping that we will learn some more information about mana in the next book.
I look forward to reading the second book, Catalyst, soon.
However, I stuck through the book. It did take a bit longer to read though because of this issue. The story was fast-paced and easy to read. I loved how the readers were able to not only see the protagonist’s point of view but also the main antagonist as well as a few side characters’ point of views. The only one that left me a bit confused was the final chapter. I am expecting to see more from that character in future books.
I appreciated how the author used flashbacks sparingly to reveal important information to the readers so they would understand what was happening in the story and why. Furthermore, she was able to relay information about the complex world that she created through the characters acted as well as how other characters may react to view our characters.
Although the reader has the chance to fully understand the First and Third Orders and what their roles are supposed to be as well as what a Vessel does for the world, we did not receive much information about mana or the meteorite. There isn’t a clear understanding of what the limits of mana are. In doing so, it’s hard to truly grasp how unusual Stokely’s and Calen’s abilities are without the other characters just outright stating that their abilities and skills are uncommon. I am hoping that we will learn some more information about mana in the next book.
I look forward to reading the second book, Catalyst, soon.