elridia 's review for:

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

3.0

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I thought I was going to absolutely love this, but it turned out being just okay for me. The world portrayed here is neat, but at the same time I feel like it was oversaturated in Japanese culture. It's kind of like a weeaboo's wet dream. The writing is beautiful, but at times I felt like it was a chore to read through. I found myself just skimming through passages of descriptions just to get to the meat of the story. I liked the relationship between Buruu and Yukiko, but I felt like it progressed too quickly. They went from hating each other to having a strong emotional bond without much warning. I didn't care about the love triangle at the end of the book at all and I'm thankful that the book didn't focus on it too much.

I am going to continue reading the series because I bought all the books in advance. At least the covers are really cool.