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A review by audreyintheheadphones
Child of the Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller
4.0
Picked this one up free for the Kindle and was completely blown away by how much I liked it. Great writing style, fluid and vivid; zippy, twisty plot; above-average worldbuilding, and not only a believable heroine but great supporting characters.
Imagine: a high fantasy book that passes the Bechdel test!
It got a little old to hear about how the heroine had to learn to fight dirty because she would never be as strong as a man (seriously, in there at least four times and once in the first chapter of the sequel), and the action slowed a little once they got to the city, and was more interesting when the party was whipping round the countryside dishing out tiny yummy history lessons, but still, highly recommended for fans of the genre.
Imagine: a high fantasy book that passes the Bechdel test!
It got a little old to hear about how the heroine had to learn to fight dirty because she would never be as strong as a man (seriously, in there at least four times and once in the first chapter of the sequel), and the action slowed a little once they got to the city, and was more interesting when the party was whipping round the countryside dishing out tiny yummy history lessons, but still, highly recommended for fans of the genre.