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Havenfall
by Sara Holland
Actual Rating: 3.75.
Read from February 25 to February 26.
I was kindly given an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. I was first interested in this book because it’s about a hotel on top of a mountain where the doorways to other worlds were hidden. I didn’t need to read anything else about it in order to be hooked. Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury YA for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are mine.
I love the concept behind this book so much. Havenfall exists to be a neutral place where people from all the different worlds can come together for discussions, trade negotiations, etc. I also love that our main character spends her summers here with her uncle exploring and meeting all these different people before having to go home to the “real world.” I really enjoyed meeting all these different types of people and learning about their worlds. I think the setting itself sounds really beautiful and I think the author did a great job putting that picture in the readers’ brains. I was able to read about two thirds of this one in one day so that definitely speaks to the readability of this novel. It was a quick read for sure.
However, there were some things I struggled with in this novel. I didn’t think the author gave enough time for what was happening. Things didn’t really get a chance to develop. This is a fantasy novel about a bunch of different worlds and peoples and a ton of action and it all takes place in a little over 300 pages? It’s just not enough. I can’t get my mind wrapped around one thing that happened before we’re already moving on to the next. I also felt like so many different outrageous things were happening that I couldn’t suspend my disbelief anymore after the 250 page mark. It was just too much. Or, again, maybe just too much in too little time.
I really do love this world and the main characters in it. I just wish everything had a bit more time to develop. I’m excited to see where the next book goes with the way the last one ended. Havenfall comes out on March 3rd.
Read from February 25 to February 26.
I was kindly given an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. I was first interested in this book because it’s about a hotel on top of a mountain where the doorways to other worlds were hidden. I didn’t need to read anything else about it in order to be hooked. Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury YA for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are mine.
I love the concept behind this book so much. Havenfall exists to be a neutral place where people from all the different worlds can come together for discussions, trade negotiations, etc. I also love that our main character spends her summers here with her uncle exploring and meeting all these different people before having to go home to the “real world.” I really enjoyed meeting all these different types of people and learning about their worlds. I think the setting itself sounds really beautiful and I think the author did a great job putting that picture in the readers’ brains. I was able to read about two thirds of this one in one day so that definitely speaks to the readability of this novel. It was a quick read for sure.
However, there were some things I struggled with in this novel. I didn’t think the author gave enough time for what was happening. Things didn’t really get a chance to develop. This is a fantasy novel about a bunch of different worlds and peoples and a ton of action and it all takes place in a little over 300 pages? It’s just not enough. I can’t get my mind wrapped around one thing that happened before we’re already moving on to the next. I also felt like so many different outrageous things were happening that I couldn’t suspend my disbelief anymore after the 250 page mark. It was just too much. Or, again, maybe just too much in too little time.
I really do love this world and the main characters in it. I just wish everything had a bit more time to develop. I’m excited to see where the next book goes with the way the last one ended. Havenfall comes out on March 3rd.