A review by reads2cope
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Normally I'm quick to give a star rating, but I'm pretty conflicted about this book. At the start, I was worried having so many main characters would be confusing, but each character and their place was clear. I loved the world building and settings, but did feel that some aspects should have been given more time.

The biggest example for me was Xiala's Teek heritage. Everything revealed felt like a tease - we kept slowly learning more about her homeland, and then her wild powers are revealed but only used once and only through an accident? Then her quest continues with minimal reflection on any of it.

As a series, this was probably too much surface-level exposition for me. Yes, the first instillation is building up to future books, but for as long as it was, I wanted more and leaving the ending at the climax instead of resolving but with a cliffhanger was so disappointing.