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bookchainedsoul 's review for:
A Dance with Magic
by Nancy O'Toole
Thank you to Nancy O’Toole and BookSirens for providing me with an eARC of this book to review.
My rating is 3.5 rounded up.
The whole plot and world of this book was fantastic. The night masquerade was beautiful but disturbing, the characters were rich and all given at least some back story, Victor deserves a special mention because while he annoyed me at first he grew to be a great character that I can’t wait to see more of in the next book, the romance between Rebecca and Zahir was sweet and well portrayed. I actually don’t have a single issue with any of the plot of characters, I loved it.
My issue lies in the fact that this is a novella. I have nothing wrong with books being fast paced or simply written like this one but this book actually just had enough in it that it had the potential to be a fantastic 300-350 page novel. Elements of a political system were introduced with the war and rivalries between kingdoms and advisors always by their sides, and these elements were really interesting, but I felt they could have made the world and relationships formed that much better is there was time to explore them further. Same goes for the masquerade. While it was definitely the most explored area of the book, what we learned of the fae and magic from that gave so much potential to make the breakdown that much creepier and even more upsetting (I did ultimately feel pretty bad for The Master).
This is a good book and it’s fun to read. If you’re looking for a quick fantasy read, or maybe an introduction into ya fantasy before diving into a massive series, I absolutely recommend this book. Personally, I actually just wanted it to be longer.
My rating is 3.5 rounded up.
The whole plot and world of this book was fantastic. The night masquerade was beautiful but disturbing, the characters were rich and all given at least some back story, Victor deserves a special mention because while he annoyed me at first he grew to be a great character that I can’t wait to see more of in the next book, the romance between Rebecca and Zahir was sweet and well portrayed. I actually don’t have a single issue with any of the plot of characters, I loved it.
My issue lies in the fact that this is a novella. I have nothing wrong with books being fast paced or simply written like this one but this book actually just had enough in it that it had the potential to be a fantastic 300-350 page novel. Elements of a political system were introduced with the war and rivalries between kingdoms and advisors always by their sides, and these elements were really interesting, but I felt they could have made the world and relationships formed that much better is there was time to explore them further. Same goes for the masquerade. While it was definitely the most explored area of the book, what we learned of the fae and magic from that gave so much potential to make the breakdown that much creepier and even more upsetting (I did ultimately feel pretty bad for The Master).
This is a good book and it’s fun to read. If you’re looking for a quick fantasy read, or maybe an introduction into ya fantasy before diving into a massive series, I absolutely recommend this book. Personally, I actually just wanted it to be longer.