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morgan_is_reading 's review for:
Furyborn
by Claire Legrand
There's a lot of good aspects to this book, but it's also rough in a lot of ways. My biggest complaint is that the story jumps back and forth between character perspectives every single chapter. They're not long chapters, either. Because of this, it became really hard to feel all that invested in either storyline until I was at least two thirds through the book.
I love the story concept, and there's a ton of potential with the character development of the characters in the later storyline. The earlier timeline is harder to read at times because the book starts with how that part of the story ends. At times I felt like I was just being dragged toward the inevitable in that timeline, but then the story doesn't even conclude at the end of this book. It would have been better if Legrand had written two separate books in order to build momentum in the storytelling and to allow the reader to have a chance to connect with the characters before being jerked 1000 years forward or backward every 10-15 pages.
All this being said, I am starting the second book in the series. There's still a lot of potential for the story to improve further, there are several characters that are pretty interesting and I'm hoping they are given more depth in the next installment. I appreciate that the main characters are not pigeon-holed as being a specific type of heroine, but instead have a lot more gray areas to their motivations and morality.
If you like this genre, I think it's still worth the read, but it's not going to be for everyone.
I love the story concept, and there's a ton of potential with the character development of the characters in the later storyline. The earlier timeline is harder to read at times because the book starts with how that part of the story ends. At times I felt like I was just being dragged toward the inevitable in that timeline, but then the story doesn't even conclude at the end of this book. It would have been better if Legrand had written two separate books in order to build momentum in the storytelling and to allow the reader to have a chance to connect with the characters before being jerked 1000 years forward or backward every 10-15 pages.
All this being said, I am starting the second book in the series. There's still a lot of potential for the story to improve further, there are several characters that are pretty interesting and I'm hoping they are given more depth in the next installment. I appreciate that the main characters are not pigeon-holed as being a specific type of heroine, but instead have a lot more gray areas to their motivations and morality.
If you like this genre, I think it's still worth the read, but it's not going to be for everyone.