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A review by brennabast
The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike
3.5
UPDATE: Increasing this to a 3.5 now knowing there will be another book, which I was unaware of at the time I read this. Still too many loose ends but since there is still more story to tell, my opinion is improved.
To be clear: this is not a bad book. I still enjoyed myself well enough, and itโs a well-done work of historical fiction. But Iโm disappointed after how incredible book 1 was.
The direction of this just got too unwieldy with every additional POV that we got. Book 2 already struggled with the direction and pacing due to this, and unfortunately book 3 continued that trend and had even MORE povโs. ๐๐ I regularly found myself wondering where the through line was, and I often not in the mood to continue the story for that reason. The ending felt rushed and I felt like there were lots of unnecessary loose ends due to the number of characters that were added with little to no payoff. ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Bummer because this could have been an all time favorite series for me.
To be clear: this is not a bad book. I still enjoyed myself well enough, and itโs a well-done work of historical fiction. But Iโm disappointed after how incredible book 1 was.
The direction of this just got too unwieldy with every additional POV that we got. Book 2 already struggled with the direction and pacing due to this, and unfortunately book 3 continued that trend and had even MORE povโs. ๐๐ I regularly found myself wondering where the through line was, and I often not in the mood to continue the story for that reason. The ending felt rushed and I felt like there were lots of unnecessary loose ends due to the number of characters that were added with little to no payoff. ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Bummer because this could have been an all time favorite series for me.