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A review by silver_valkyrie_reads
Odriel's Heirs by Hayley Reese Chow
4.0
Overall, I enjoyed this one. There were stretches toward the beginning where I wasn't very engaged with the story, even though I liked the idea of it--to be honest, it was really when the thread of romantic sub-plot showed up that I finally got super invested in the story. ;-)
Other than the slow bits (not really slow, just... not grabbing my interest?) and the bit where she gets life advice that ties everything together for her, that felt a bit cheesy to me, it was a really solid fantasy adventure with zombie raising bad guys and good guys with magical super powers, and a low-key (aka, sometimes you have to go save the world even when you're having emotions) but genuine feeling romance. (Because this is an ARC I didn't take the occasional proofreading errors into account in my rating--hopefully those will be long gone by the time most of you read this book.)
I would definitely like to read the sequel to this one!
Content is very reasonable for the intended age group, though I probably wouldn't recommend it for younger advanced readers for a few reasons: First, no one wants to explain the phrase 'orgiastic fury' to a small child. Second, there are some tense, gross and very sad bits including deaths (both on a broad scale and a very personal level), description of the injuries after torture, an emotional animal goodbye, and rotting flesh and such on zombies. There are also a couple of kisses, one of which briefly gets into descriptions of tongue and lips and all that.
Thanks to the author for providing a digital copy of the ARC in exchange for my honest review!
Other than the slow bits (not really slow, just... not grabbing my interest?) and the bit where she gets life advice that ties everything together for her, that felt a bit cheesy to me, it was a really solid fantasy adventure with zombie raising bad guys and good guys with magical super powers, and a low-key (aka, sometimes you have to go save the world even when you're having emotions) but genuine feeling romance. (Because this is an ARC I didn't take the occasional proofreading errors into account in my rating--hopefully those will be long gone by the time most of you read this book.)
I would definitely like to read the sequel to this one!
Content is very reasonable for the intended age group, though I probably wouldn't recommend it for younger advanced readers for a few reasons: First, no one wants to explain the phrase 'orgiastic fury' to a small child. Second, there are some tense, gross and very sad bits including deaths (both on a broad scale and a very personal level), description of the injuries after torture, an emotional animal goodbye, and rotting flesh and such on zombies. There are also a couple of kisses, one of which briefly gets into descriptions of tongue and lips and all that.
Thanks to the author for providing a digital copy of the ARC in exchange for my honest review!