A review by abetterjulie
Updraft by Fran Wilde

3.0

I struggled at the beginning with too much information thrown at me at once, and then I felt there wasn't enough information in the rest of the work. There was a lot expected to be taken on faith, which can sometimes work, but with a protagonist who suddenly can do things no one else can or faster than anyone else could, it didn't hold up for me. I felt it got soggy and vague in the wrong spots, and then I was simply reading to get to the end. I wish it had been written in 3rd person POV, because I think she could have really opened up the world and dug into the characters more. This feels like a first book, and there's nothing wrong with that. Three stars is not a bad review, and I might pick up the sequel to see if her arcs and world-building mature.