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The Merciful Crow
by Margaret Owen
Didn't think I'd enjoy this one as much as I did after the first few pages where I was annoyed at the stereotypical YA Fantasy character constellation. A sort of outlaw, a prince in trouble, a sexy guardsman, but what can I say? I liked it.
The world building was interesting even though I would've wanted to know more. There are several casts, each having potentially different magical abilities. The lowest cast, the Crowd, deal with the dying people from other casts, people that die of a sort of Black Death plague only the crows cannot catch. They administer the last rites and burn the bodies while wearing masks like the Black Death doctors did. Our protagonist, Fie, is such a crow and chief to be of these bands (not murders, lol) of Crows. She has sworn an oath but also has to take care of her own. Will she be able to achieve both?
Some things annoyed me but this was extremely entertaining so, whatever. Guilty Pleasure I guess. World could've been fleshed out a bit more, our prince was a bit single dimensional in parts, but there was some development on all parts so yeah. Oh and I liked the representation of bisexuality.
Five stars
The world building was interesting even though I would've wanted to know more. There are several casts, each having potentially different magical abilities. The lowest cast, the Crowd, deal with the dying people from other casts, people that die of a sort of Black Death plague only the crows cannot catch. They administer the last rites and burn the bodies while wearing masks like the Black Death doctors did. Our protagonist, Fie, is such a crow and chief to be of these bands (not murders, lol) of Crows. She has sworn an oath but also has to take care of her own. Will she be able to achieve both?
Some things annoyed me but this was extremely entertaining so, whatever. Guilty Pleasure I guess. World could've been fleshed out a bit more, our prince was a bit single dimensional in parts, but there was some development on all parts so yeah. Oh and I liked the representation of bisexuality.
Five stars