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A review by elementchaos
Godblind by Anna Stephens
2.0
I am fairly neutral about this book.
The Plot was very predictable - I guessed everything up to and including the ending, the chosen one trope and various romantic things thrown in there. However, being predictable does not make it bad. In fact, there is a bit of comfort in a classic plot. I think I was just wishing from something being touted as a grimdark fantasy to have some character deaths somewhere.
The characters were all very likable. Except the ones you were not supposed to like. Then they were very very baad... They were a bit 1D, no conflict of morals, no inner doubt However Crys is by far my favorite, for all his classic hero persona. Ril can die and I wouldn't notice.
The writing was nothing to write home about. The author seemed to use the constant POV switching as a crutch and actually made me feel super distant from the characters. We never had a good look into their psyche. It felt like this story was told in snapshots and some of the good parts, or parts that could lend depth were skipped over because they were too hard to write. And there frigg'n 10 POV's... way too many for so short a book.
Overall I enjoyed it, but don't think it is bringing anything new to the genre.
The Plot was very predictable - I guessed everything up to and including the ending, the chosen one trope and various romantic things thrown in there. However, being predictable does not make it bad. In fact, there is a bit of comfort in a classic plot. I think I was just wishing from something being touted as a grimdark fantasy to have some character deaths somewhere.
Spoiler
In fact Dom's ending (while totally cliche) is what kept this from dropping to a 1 starThe characters were all very likable. Except the ones you were not supposed to like. Then they were very very baad... They were a bit 1D, no conflict of morals, no inner doubt
Spoiler
again except Dom who saved the story from just being a classic hero's quest. However I am pissed that Crys is somehow some sort of God or something. Probably Rill too. It is too cheesy - unless you kill one of them off!The writing was nothing to write home about. The author seemed to use the constant POV switching as a crutch and actually made me feel super distant from the characters. We never had a good look into their psyche. It felt like this story was told in snapshots and some of the good parts, or parts that could lend depth were skipped over because they were too hard to write. And there frigg'n 10 POV's... way too many for so short a book.
Overall I enjoyed it, but don't think it is bringing anything new to the genre.