A review by theybedax
The Heartwood Crown by Matt Mikalatos

5.0

Mikalatos continues to make a world full of vibrant stories, histories, mythos, poetry, and lore. All of the characters breath life onto the page as you suffer and fight alongside them. He creates such a believable world by bringing horrible truths from our own; he speaks to slavery, bigotry, hatred, wars fought and bombs dropped, bullets never stopping to ask what God you worship, or even the gains from institutional racism. He makes you stop and question what is happening around you and how you are a part of the problem and it is up to you on whether or not you are a part of the solution. Will you let hate and fear run your life or will you take a stand to change?