A review by alexstrasza
Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra

2.0

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first one. It felt like there was a lot of setup that didn't particularly pay off. For example, a main character breaks a taboo, and it was something that was done to them in the last book. There's not really any punishment or recourse. Speaking of which, the person who broke the same taboo in the last book, after not being mentioned, showed up in the last 20% for the final battle. The main character also talked about what good friends she and a new character were after having only known him like a week. The whole thing just felt really rushed with not great character development. I still enjoyed the actual characters, but I was definitely more interested in Kyra and Rustan's development and separate storylines, than I was in their combined storyline. It felt unnecessary and wasn't that interesting.