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Forged by Blood
by Ehigbor Okosun
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
I really wanted to love this book; however, I found myself struggling to get through it. The info dumping was confusing to me. I feel like this book could benefit from a glossary/index; a lot of the terms aren't explained, and just when I can infer to what words mean, MORE new vocabulary is added. Same with the influx of characters. We are introduced to a lot of characters back to back and I could not keep up. The writing didn't flow well. There was missing information in regards to how they got where they were etc. The whole romance/love thing felt VERY forced. I could not fathom why she would string Colin along as they had 0 chemistry, and it is stated from the get go that she doesn't feel the same way about him. Also the constant doing of the "wrong" thing just so things blow up and push the plot forward seems like a juvenile way to go about things.
With that being said, I really loved the concept of this book. The ideas and plot were original, and I loved the magic system. I loved the themes in the story and the message it conveys. This was worth the read for me, but just barely.
I really wanted to love this book; however, I found myself struggling to get through it. The info dumping was confusing to me. I feel like this book could benefit from a glossary/index; a lot of the terms aren't explained, and just when I can infer to what words mean, MORE new vocabulary is added. Same with the influx of characters. We are introduced to a lot of characters back to back and I could not keep up. The writing didn't flow well. There was missing information in regards to how they got where they were etc. The whole romance/love thing felt VERY forced. I could not fathom why she would string Colin along as they had 0 chemistry, and it is stated from the get go that she doesn't feel the same way about him. Also the constant doing of the "wrong" thing just so things blow up and push the plot forward seems like a juvenile way to go about things.
With that being said, I really loved the concept of this book. The ideas and plot were original, and I loved the magic system. I loved the themes in the story and the message it conveys. This was worth the read for me, but just barely.