gnitro 's review for:

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

4.0

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Stormdancer was such a slow start, and did a little too much force feeding of Japanese culture references into Shima through long winded descriptions early on. I feared it would be a book I would struggle to get through, but right around chapter 10 it found its mark. Mostly because it stopped trying to shove its glossary in to the story, and got down to business of the characters. Next thing I knew I didn't want to put it down. Sadly with Thanksgiving happening, I had to. As soon as I had the time back to read, I picked this book back up and jumped right in. I love the connection and bond that grows between Yukiko and Buruu. Kristoff writes it perfectly, and it just flows naturally. Plenty of moments where I laughed aloud at the two of them communicating with each other. After the ending of this first book, I'm diving right in to Kinslayer. 4 out of 5