A review by kn_cozy_bookworm
Soulbow by August Oliver

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

✨ARC Review✨

This book will twist you up! August has delivered an adventure filled with deceit, betrayal, friendship, love, and my favorite part, found family. 

The world building is fantastic. We are taken to another place filled with beauty, darkness, light, and danger. The plants, the animals, the characters from all walks of life. 

One of my favorite things about this book was the dedication to the side characters. Soulbow may be the main character but I so enjoyed his band of dedicated friends, Feezer and Sassan. The care given to each of their personalities and quirks was amazing and I loved them so much. These three would happily die for each other, so deep was their love as a family. And Kresten! What a hoot. Talk about an annoying little sister that you love to hate. The banter with this one, 🤌🏻 Ilayda is a total bad a$$ FMC. Loved her independence and her toughness and how she went after what she wanted, but was soft and indulgent when she wanted to be.

Soulbow’s character development through this book is real. He is not perfect. He comes into his own as his life and the lives of his friends are threatened by his past. He makes some bad decisions, some annoying decisions, lol, and through it all he finds his courage to stand up for what’s right and fights instead of running. 

This story has some twists and turns, some plot points I found devastating and some that made me wonder why? The story will continue though so I guess I will find out! If you love fantasy and found family give this one a go!