origamy 's review for:

Pathfinder's Way by T.A. White
3.75
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

All four stars are for Shea lol. I loved her so much, I need all my fmcs to be like her tbh. Really just liked how good she was at what she did and how she wouldn't take any shit from anyone. Also the fact that she was doing the rescuing most of the time?? Loved it.

Also loved the world and found it really interesting, would love to see and learn more about all the beasts and stuff. Would so read a series where each book is just her dealing with a different one lol.

As much as I loved all that, I wasn't a huge fan of the last 20% when Shea's identity was revealed. Mostly because of how she was treated by Fallon and everyone else afterwards. Like had Fallon been like 'damn, can't believe the amazing guy who saved my life is also the girl who saved my life' and actually treated her like someone who saved him twice over, not to mention the amount of times her brains saved his men. But nope, he had to just treat her like a servant instead. Like part of it I got - like he couldn't just immediately treat her amazingly because she did lie to him and if he did so his men probably wouldn't like that - but the way he didn't let up on it at all? His + the troops' treatment of her during the last like 5% of the book with the horse and shit?? Ugh. And the way he was like 'either you leave or you become my mistress'?? C'mon.