A review by lidiae
Of Light and Shadow by Tanaz Bhathena

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The book wasn’t bad, but it just wasn’t great either. Some of my main issues with it were that the magic system was never fully explained and the politics of the kingdom were sort of confusing, leaving the world building feeling unfinished. I also felt like things were often over-explained; sort of a strange combo of showing AND telling? It could have been about 100 pages shorter to. Parts of the book, especially the beginning, really dragged on. The only other thing that bugged me was how much were told Roshan is morally grey, a ruthless bandit… and it’s like, she’s not really shown that way? At all? This is a big pet peeve of mine though