A review by sunkenbooks
Champion of Fate by Kendare Blake

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I read this for a book club and if it wasn't a book club read I think I would have DNF'd it. It really took til about 40% into the book for me to really get into it which is too long for me.

However, once I got to that point. The book was something I could not put down. The world building was interesting and I liked the overall plot. However, I was disappointed that a book centered on women, their bonds with one another and a huge society dedicated to them had such rampant sexism in the world. It's just not my cup of tea.

There's really only two characters I ended up liking, the rest I wanted to strangle. I think Reed and Aster's relationship was very sweet and I wish we got to see more moments of that.
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