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A review by daja
The Sevenfold Hunters by Rose Egal
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I haven't read a YA sci-fi in a long time so I wanted to pick this up. The Sevenfold-Hunters is a plot-driven novel following two characters attending Carlisle academy. While Artemis, the new student, is training and trying to keep up with her squad, Abyan is trying to figure out the mystery surrounding the nosaru.
There were a lot of interesting elements about this book. I really loved the casual diversity in the story. There was a hijabi character, a lot of LGBT+ characters, racial and ethnic diversity, mental health rep and probably even more than that. To me, it didn't feel like it was overdone, either. Sometimes novels with so much diversity can feel like it's just for points but I'm glad this one didn't. I also enjoyed that Artemis' chapters didn't focus on her training. I do not like training scenes in novels in most novels and so I was happy that it wasn't a focus. Even by the end of the few scenes, she wasn't all magically skilled. It felt so realistic!
Like I said before, there were a lot of interesting elements but I think that was also a problem. When the book started, I thought that it was going to be focused on the mystery of Aretemis' boyfriend. The quickly takes a backseat to the mystery of the Nosaru. Even the mystery of the Nosaru takes a backseat to the mystery of the medical studies. With all of these things happening, I don't think any of it was really fleshed out. Some of it probably should have been in the next book but seeing as how I don't really see anything about a sequel, I can understand why it felt like a lot of stuff was squeezed into this one.
Overall, this was a decent story. I wish it had a little more time to develop the plot points and the characters, but it was still a good read.
There were a lot of interesting elements about this book. I really loved the casual diversity in the story. There was a hijabi character, a lot of LGBT+ characters, racial and ethnic diversity, mental health rep and probably even more than that. To me, it didn't feel like it was overdone, either. Sometimes novels with so much diversity can feel like it's just for points but I'm glad this one didn't. I also enjoyed that Artemis' chapters didn't focus on her training. I do not like training scenes in novels in most novels and so I was happy that it wasn't a focus. Even by the end of the few scenes, she wasn't all magically skilled. It felt so realistic!
Like I said before, there were a lot of interesting elements but I think that was also a problem. When the book started, I thought that it was going to be focused on the mystery of Aretemis' boyfriend. The quickly takes a backseat to the mystery of the Nosaru. Even the mystery of the Nosaru takes a backseat to the mystery of the medical studies. With all of these things happening, I don't think any of it was really fleshed out. Some of it probably should have been in the next book but seeing as how I don't really see anything about a sequel, I can understand why it felt like a lot of stuff was squeezed into this one.
Overall, this was a decent story. I wish it had a little more time to develop the plot points and the characters, but it was still a good read.