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A review by stephbookshine
Between Starfalls by S. Kaeth
4.0
This fantasy novel has incredibly complex world-building that incorporates familiar roles (healer, psion) and animals (pegasi) within a framework of unique races, societal mores and ritualistic beliefs that are not explained in detail, but must be picked up on the fly as the plot unfolds.
The main character is Kaemada – a mother seeking her missing son – and the story follows her and her family-bonded allies as they leave their prescribed path and enter a hidden domain ruled by a different and potentially hostile race.
There is so much conflict in the story that I felt a little overwhelmed, as it felt that Kaemada and co. had enough adversity to fill several books here! There are the Darks, the Fallen, the suspicions facing psions, training struggles, political struggles, Eian’s disappearance, capture, the Kamaltan city’s hardships, guards, kings, slavery, injury, sickness, despair… I felt like I was drowning in hopelessness at times, and couldn’t imagine how the characters were struggling on.
I did find that once the characters were separated and the plot followed their separate trials, the story became much easier to engage with in that respect, and from that point on I was hooked in to the characters and their plights.
And there absolutely HAS to be a Book 2 (there is!) because there is no way the story can end where it does for these heroes, after all they have suffered. There MUST be some form of justice and restitution for the end of this epic story arc!
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2022/02/21/catch-up-quickies-16/
The main character is Kaemada – a mother seeking her missing son – and the story follows her and her family-bonded allies as they leave their prescribed path and enter a hidden domain ruled by a different and potentially hostile race.
There is so much conflict in the story that I felt a little overwhelmed, as it felt that Kaemada and co. had enough adversity to fill several books here! There are the Darks, the Fallen, the suspicions facing psions, training struggles, political struggles, Eian’s disappearance, capture, the Kamaltan city’s hardships, guards, kings, slavery, injury, sickness, despair… I felt like I was drowning in hopelessness at times, and couldn’t imagine how the characters were struggling on.
I did find that once the characters were separated and the plot followed their separate trials, the story became much easier to engage with in that respect, and from that point on I was hooked in to the characters and their plights.
And there absolutely HAS to be a Book 2 (there is!) because there is no way the story can end where it does for these heroes, after all they have suffered. There MUST be some form of justice and restitution for the end of this epic story arc!
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2022/02/21/catch-up-quickies-16/