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A review by dapper
Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
2.0
There is a good story here but it’s buried beneath so much “mystery” that the reader is left completely out of the story.
Her past with Severn is hinted at many many times but never does it give me anything to go on. Any way to feel even an iota of the depth the book keeps telling me should be felt.
I have no clue what the magic system here is. None at all, so whenever magic anything is brought up I just have to accept it. There are mirrors and bracers (I have no clue what the bracers do) and there’s a seal.. and crusty Barri-bois who drink blood. And she’s got ancient magic but is a human? Idk.
And perhaps one of the most annoying things is how many times “I’m a Hawk!” Is said and still having no idea what the fuck a Hawk actually is. Is it a race? A govt branch? A clan? A species? Whatever.
I feel like with a bit of information this would have been a highly enjoyable story, unfortunately as a reader I was left on the outside looking in
Her past with Severn is hinted at many many times but never does it give me anything to go on. Any way to feel even an iota of the depth the book keeps telling me should be felt.
I have no clue what the magic system here is. None at all, so whenever magic anything is brought up I just have to accept it. There are mirrors and bracers (I have no clue what the bracers do) and there’s a seal.. and crusty Barri-bois who drink blood. And she’s got ancient magic but is a human? Idk.
And perhaps one of the most annoying things is how many times “I’m a Hawk!” Is said and still having no idea what the fuck a Hawk actually is. Is it a race? A govt branch? A clan? A species? Whatever.
I feel like with a bit of information this would have been a highly enjoyable story, unfortunately as a reader I was left on the outside looking in