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A review by spicedragon
Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena
3.0
This was a solid 3-star read. The copious amounts of info-dumping in the first half of the book really dragged the start of the book, and was kind of boring. But some people may like that style of writing, which gives you everything at once and moves on. I personally prefer the world-building to be slowly revealed overtime, depending on the relevancy of the info to the main character's situation. Rather than a one-shot-here-you-go type of deal.
The magic and world-building I have to say, were probably the stronger points of the book. The weakest were the characters and their relationships with one another, I simply could not care for any of them. The plot picks up in the second half and becomes more engaging, though at times it feels like it moves too fast? And the reasoning for some events that happen are very flimsy but I won't question it, this is YA - somethings are just like that.
Though, I have to say the twist with. Finally... the use of 'mate' to refer to someone's significant other was so off-putting, like right off the bat... made me uncomfortable!!! Because these are people not animals... thought I was reading a sjm book for a second... Also wish the characters were older than just 16/17... but I digress
The magic and world-building I have to say, were probably the stronger points of the book. The weakest were the characters and their relationships with one another, I simply could not care for any of them. The plot picks up in the second half and becomes more engaging, though at times it feels like it moves too fast? And the reasoning for some events that happen are very flimsy but I won't question it, this is YA - somethings are just like that.
Though, I have to say the twist with