A review by grandtheftautumn
The Riddle by Alison Croggon

4.0

I really enjoyed the second half of this book more than the first half. I found the first half to be a little lacking in action, especially considering that it was opening from Maerad's and Cadvan's escape of Norloch. The first two parts of the book felt slow, even when the duo left Gent and were once again on their own. It wasn't until

Cadvan's apparent death that anything seemed to really be interesting. I think it was really good to have Maerad on her own for the second half of the book and let her work through her feelings without having them constantly confused by Cadvan's presence

. I also really enjoyed the Winterking in this book. Throughout the entire book, we're getting hints that he's probably trying to kill Maerad, so to finally get to meet him and learn he's more complex than the humans imagined... I don't know, I just find him a really interesting character. I hope there's more of him in the later books.