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A review by marie_thereadingotter
Savage City by L. Penelope
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I received this eBook from NetGalley for review
I've been a long-time fan of this author's writing. I absolutely love her Earthsinger series and was excited to see what she wrote next. Although I have yet to read some of her earlier work, she has become an auto-read author for me.
This book is very different from her other series. This is a portal fantasy, and it uses the Multiverse. That concept doesn't always work for me, in this I felt that it worked quite well.
While I do like Talia as a character, I did feel at times, that she was a bit underdeveloped in some aspects. Finding out her background more than halfway into the book, at times made some things about her character come across as an afterthought. I typically enjoy being thrown into the story, I would have liked to see her in her day-to-day before she was forced into the other world. As would seeing what her doppelgänger princess, Celena, was like rather than hearing about it from other people.
The other characters, Ryin, Shad, and Lyall the tyrannical king, in some ways, felt more developed than Talia at times. She is still a good character it just didn't really feel like her backstory was fleshed out as much as everybody else's. Perhaps in future books more of who she is will get fleshed out.
I really liked the plot of this book, the idea of an alternate universe where people possess spirits of animals and magical creatures, who can either shift into that creature or just manifest the powers/abilities of that creature is really interesting. This was a solid start to a new series, and I am very interested in where things are headed. Especially with how this book ends.
I've been a long-time fan of this author's writing. I absolutely love her Earthsinger series and was excited to see what she wrote next. Although I have yet to read some of her earlier work, she has become an auto-read author for me.
This book is very different from her other series. This is a portal fantasy, and it uses the Multiverse. That concept doesn't always work for me, in this I felt that it worked quite well.
While I do like Talia as a character, I did feel at times, that she was a bit underdeveloped in some aspects. Finding out her background more than halfway into the book, at times made some things about her character come across as an afterthought. I typically enjoy being thrown into the story, I would have liked to see her in her day-to-day before she was forced into the other world. As would seeing what her doppelgänger princess, Celena, was like rather than hearing about it from other people.
The other characters, Ryin, Shad, and Lyall the tyrannical king, in some ways, felt more developed than Talia at times. She is still a good character it just didn't really feel like her backstory was fleshed out as much as everybody else's. Perhaps in future books more of who she is will get fleshed out.
I really liked the plot of this book, the idea of an alternate universe where people possess spirits of animals and magical creatures, who can either shift into that creature or just manifest the powers/abilities of that creature is really interesting. This was a solid start to a new series, and I am very interested in where things are headed. Especially with how this book ends.