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A review by bookscalltobooks
Wake of the Phoenix by Chelsea Harper
3.0
2.5 stars - Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with an eArc.
I think that Wake of the Phoenix had so much potential, from the beautiful cover and description, which was what made me intrigued about it.
But once I started reading it, I really struggled to get along with it. There were so many information dumps, long drawn out bits that I felt could have been left out or shortened down too. I'm not keen on political, or political fantasy reads, so this was a struggle to get along with. I found it boring after a while if I'm honest. It was so filled with politics and had a slow pace to it that when I finished reading it, it put me in a slump.
The world-building, its culture and background was really interesting and the author had clearly taken an interest in building that really well.
Some of the characters were great, they did develop a but throughout but some of them did grow to be more annoying than anything.
Overall, it was a bit of a disappointment and didn't live up to my expectations.
I think that Wake of the Phoenix had so much potential, from the beautiful cover and description, which was what made me intrigued about it.
But once I started reading it, I really struggled to get along with it. There were so many information dumps, long drawn out bits that I felt could have been left out or shortened down too. I'm not keen on political, or political fantasy reads, so this was a struggle to get along with. I found it boring after a while if I'm honest. It was so filled with politics and had a slow pace to it that when I finished reading it, it put me in a slump.
The world-building, its culture and background was really interesting and the author had clearly taken an interest in building that really well.
Some of the characters were great, they did develop a but throughout but some of them did grow to be more annoying than anything.
Overall, it was a bit of a disappointment and didn't live up to my expectations.