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lucybbookstuff 's review for:
Of Blood and Fire
by Ryan Cahill
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Having trouble organizing my thoughts on this.
I'll start by saying, I was warned that this first book is quite cheesy and tropey, but that the series improves greatly afterwards. The first part I found to be true, so I will continue to believe the second part as well! I definitely want to continue.
I am quite interested in our main characters (for my purposes, that's our 3 main boys and 1 girl). I liked their characterizations and want to get to know them more, and the relationships between them were endearing. I'm also very intrigued by our main villain and where their arc could take them. Most of the MYRIAD other characters fell a little flat. They all had a couple of characteristics that they stuck to and otherwise, I was given little reason to care what happens to them.
I also found the storytelling in this introductory book to be rather clunky. The pacing was off, and a lot of what happened felt either convenient or contrived or glossed over. I'm struggling to remember much of what happened because little of it inspired emotion. Definitely felt like he was just cobbling a bunch of setup together for the story he really wants to tell.
And thankfully, I liked this enough that I do want to hear that story. I will trust in my bookish community and keep trying this series, though I'm not racing to do so.
I'll start by saying, I was warned that this first book is quite cheesy and tropey, but that the series improves greatly afterwards. The first part I found to be true, so I will continue to believe the second part as well! I definitely want to continue.
I am quite interested in our main characters (for my purposes, that's our 3 main boys and 1 girl). I liked their characterizations and want to get to know them more, and the relationships between them were endearing. I'm also very intrigued by our main villain and where their arc could take them. Most of the MYRIAD other characters fell a little flat. They all had a couple of characteristics that they stuck to and otherwise, I was given little reason to care what happens to them.
I also found the storytelling in this introductory book to be rather clunky. The pacing was off, and a lot of what happened felt either convenient or contrived or glossed over. I'm struggling to remember much of what happened because little of it inspired emotion. Definitely felt like he was just cobbling a bunch of setup together for the story he really wants to tell.
And thankfully, I liked this enough that I do want to hear that story. I will trust in my bookish community and keep trying this series, though I'm not racing to do so.