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A review by tej_reads
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
4.0
Servant of Earth, was a lot of fun and completely different to Hawley's previous work, the Glimmer Falls series, which I was also fortunate to receive an early copy of.
We start with out main character Kenna, who while trying to save her best friend from being a tribute to the fae, falls through the barrier to their world - The Kingdon of Mistei. Kenna becomes a servant of Lady Lara, the heir of Earth House, who is facing the Immortality Trials and is tasked to aid Lara.
There's a bit of everything in this book. World building with six different houses, Fire, Earth, Light, Void, Illusion, and Blood each with their own magic system, also as you're learning about the world with Kenna, there's no need for heavy background information which makes Servant an easy book to get into. There is also a tyrannical leader, rebellion but also forbidden love and self-discovery. Kenna, especially, makes a transformation, she becomes more self assured and confident in her decision making - especially with that ending, which I am so happy about. I was worried that Kenna would be put on the backburner near the end supporting the decisions of other characters rather than making choices for herself. Which is why I was so happy that Hawley decided to shift the power dynamics near the end.
Servant of Earth is my favourite Hawley book so far, I'm so annoyed about the wait for book two. I just want Drustan and Oriana to take a nice walk off a high cliff and Kallan to make his move.
Thank you to Orion Publishing Group, Gollancz and Sarah Hawley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
We start with out main character Kenna, who while trying to save her best friend from being a tribute to the fae, falls through the barrier to their world - The Kingdon of Mistei. Kenna becomes a servant of Lady Lara, the heir of Earth House, who is facing the Immortality Trials and is tasked to aid Lara.
There's a bit of everything in this book. World building with six different houses, Fire, Earth, Light, Void, Illusion, and Blood each with their own magic system, also as you're learning about the world with Kenna, there's no need for heavy background information which makes Servant an easy book to get into. There is also a tyrannical leader, rebellion but also forbidden love and self-discovery. Kenna, especially, makes a transformation, she becomes more self assured and confident in her decision making - especially with that ending, which I am so happy about. I was worried that Kenna would be put on the backburner near the end supporting the decisions of other characters rather than making choices for herself. Which is why I was so happy that Hawley decided to shift the power dynamics near the end.
Servant of Earth is my favourite Hawley book so far, I'm so annoyed about the wait for book two. I just want Drustan and Oriana to take a nice walk off a high cliff and Kallan to make his move.
Thank you to Orion Publishing Group, Gollancz and Sarah Hawley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.