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Soldier of Dorsa
by Eliza Andrews
Book 2 continues to build off the absolutely solid foundation of the first and I really enjoyed how the series developed, from the characters to the world to the stakes.
Forced into exile, Tasia starts to regather forces of her own to challenge the false Regent and her grandfather who were behind her father's assassination. We really see her grow but of course she still makes headstrong mistakes with real cost and I loved seeing how she dealt with this. She makes new allies and friends and keeps moving forward despite her grief and all the challenges she faces.
Meanwhile Joslyn has made a deal with the devil to regain one year of mortal life to fix things. While her initial goal is to reunite and protect Tasia, the fates conspire to show her true destiny (which she is extremely reluctant to accept). The reveals of her backstory and personality and all her regrets really fleshed her out and having her story parallel Tasia's was a great choice. In some aspects I did still find her overpowered (especially when it came to teaching herself the shadow arts) but she definitely did face stakes.
This book is definitely more character driven than the first and is basically everything I want in an epic like this- strong stakes, focus on a small cast with diverse and well thought out worldbuilding.
Only minor nitpicks were how easily injuries were healed and the magic system itself was fairly obtuse, I still don't quite understand it and its limitations but aside from the easy heals it didn't feel too overpowered. The epilogue was also a bit rushed after such amazing build up (the two climaxes were brilliantly layered).
I am super excited to read the final book and I hope it carries this fantastic momentum to the finale!
Forced into exile, Tasia starts to regather forces of her own to challenge the false Regent and her grandfather who were behind her father's assassination. We really see her grow but of course she still makes headstrong mistakes with real cost and I loved seeing how she dealt with this. She makes new allies and friends and keeps moving forward despite her grief and all the challenges she faces.
Meanwhile Joslyn has made a deal with the devil to regain one year of mortal life to fix things. While her initial goal is to reunite and protect Tasia, the fates conspire to show her true destiny (which she is extremely reluctant to accept). The reveals of her backstory and personality and all her regrets really fleshed her out and having her story parallel Tasia's was a great choice. In some aspects I did still find her overpowered (especially when it came to teaching herself the shadow arts) but she definitely did face stakes.
This book is definitely more character driven than the first and is basically everything I want in an epic like this- strong stakes, focus on a small cast with diverse and well thought out worldbuilding.
Only minor nitpicks were how easily injuries were healed and the magic system itself was fairly obtuse, I still don't quite understand it and its limitations but aside from the easy heals it didn't feel too overpowered. The epilogue was also a bit rushed after such amazing build up (the two climaxes were brilliantly layered).
I am super excited to read the final book and I hope it carries this fantastic momentum to the finale!