A review by rpmirabella
The Convalescent by Jessica Anthony

3.0

Short Review: Good writing that, at times, suffered from annoying quirks. Excellent characterization. Moments of real and vivid magic (incredible birth scene). Though the ending was lovely, I felt let down, sort of abandoned by the character as the writer took her ongoing metaphor to the point of completion (personally, I think the metaphor is a cliche- I won't give it away here though) I think if she'd stayed with the character a little longer, it would have been more satisfying. We leave him too early. The chapters of Hungarian history were interesting and contained some of the best writing, but I found myself wanting to know more about the main character, Rovar. Worth reading. There should be more novels with this much heart and magic. Jessica Anthony's next novel should be amazing; she's a real talent. Hopefully, she has more books in her.