A review by rthpr
The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I think the concept of this book is great, and I did enjoy it, but I don’t think it reaches its full potential. Some more editing could have benefited this book massively. There were repetitive bits, and at some point the book has the line “much to Asha’s surpise (not!)” - seriously? This line made it through edits to be put in an actual book???

The 1812 plot line started off great, and then once Obi left was a complete drag. The prophecy was a bit heavy handed, it liked the archive notes at the end of each chapter though, that was a great idea. And
Aziza being the weapon
was great! Even if the foreshadowing wasn’t very subtle.

Could not get behind Xavier, didn’t care about him in the slightest and the romance between him and
Asha
wasn’t very convincing.

The first
prison break
was completely pointless. Why wasn’t this edited out? It added nothing to the plot and made the second one feel less high stakes, even with an
exploding planet
and how many times do we need to describe stealing a spaceship!

I probably will read the sequel (presuming there is one) because overall I liked the ideas! The main let down of this book seems to be the lack of a proper editor
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