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Indigo Springs
by A.M. Dellamonica
This is one of those love-it-or-hate-it novels, with as much impressive writing as flaws. I loved the setting, magic system and apocalyptic tone enough to accept the slightly confusing changes in point of view and the infodumps. Other people didn't.
It is, in all, a good first novel. It's fresh, interesting and makes you want to know more about the characters and setting. However, I can't help but wonder how much better it would be if only the author had give the story more time to develop. It felt like a prologue, like the story she really wanted to tell happens in the second book, and this one is just a way to explain how things got the way they did.
PS: I started reading this book years ago, but thought it too dark at the time. I resumed reading it this year and it didn't felt dark at all. I guess reading Robin Hobb makes a significant difference in your concept of darkness.
It is, in all, a good first novel. It's fresh, interesting and makes you want to know more about the characters and setting. However, I can't help but wonder how much better it would be if only the author had give the story more time to develop. It felt like a prologue, like the story she really wanted to tell happens in the second book, and this one is just a way to explain how things got the way they did.
PS: I started reading this book years ago, but thought it too dark at the time. I resumed reading it this year and it didn't felt dark at all. I guess reading Robin Hobb makes a significant difference in your concept of darkness.