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A review by oofie
A Tempest of Shadows by Jane Washington
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
2.0
2 - didn't like it
This book follows Lavenia, a cursed child of a mother and a society that doesn't want her. From a young age, she was told that where her heart should be, there was only death, and whoever was near her would be cursed with death as well.
When the power she's suppressed for years comes out, and she has unintentionally had her fate declared, stuff changes for her. The death of her mother and another, though unintentional on her part, are her fault, and she is decreed guilty. Her sentence is to be served among the five masters of the five magics there are in the world, and all of them want something from her. Her fate is far bigger than she's realized, and they're determined to challenge her as hard as they possibly can.
For basically anything she asked, she has to give an enormous IOU for something that may not even be worth it in the future. But she has no bargaining power, very few people who care about her, and an impossible task: to save the world from the world of the dead. .
All of the odds are stacked against her.
I...didn't like this book.
It was well-written, sure, and I've really liked what I've read from this author in the past. But there is no hope. The majority of the characters are absolutely terrible people actively trying to fuck up Lavenia's success.
This latter part makes very little sense to me, because her success spells the survival of an entire world...? And theirs? The five masters say that they're doing it to make it so she's prepared dor her role, but none of it seems like preparation. All of it seems like manipulation, control, and abuse. You'd think the masters would have a vested interest in her successbut apparently they want her to die, and also marry them, and to die at a time of their choosing? Like, what? It DOESN'T MAKE SENSE .
This book doesn't have a lot of hope or redeemable characters. Its pacing is pretty slow, which is fine, until it comes to her developing relationships with her fellow Sentinels and leading up to her legionnaires battle, and then it feels really rushed.
I also don't understand all the bargains made. Nothing comes for free, and she seems to get much less out of it than any of the people she's bargaining with. She's running so deeply in debt, she can't possibly hope to escape from it.
Idk. I just didn't like this book..I didn't like the story, the characters, the concept, the hopelessness, the shittiness of the world, etc. I don't think I'll be reading the next one.
This book follows Lavenia, a cursed child of a mother and a society that doesn't want her. From a young age, she was told that where her heart should be, there was only death, and whoever was near her would be cursed with death as well.
When the power she's suppressed for years comes out, and she has unintentionally had her fate declared, stuff changes for her. The death of her mother and another, though unintentional on her part, are her fault, and she is decreed guilty. Her sentence is to be served among the five masters of the five magics there are in the world, and all of them want something from her. Her fate is far bigger than she's realized, and they're determined to challenge her as hard as they possibly can.
For basically anything she asked, she has to give an enormous IOU for something that may not even be worth it in the future. But she has no bargaining power, very few people who care about her, and an impossible task
All of the odds are stacked against her.
I...didn't like this book.
It was well-written, sure, and I've really liked what I've read from this author in the past. But there is no hope. The majority of the characters are absolutely terrible people actively trying to fuck up Lavenia's success.
This latter part makes very little sense to me, because her success spells the survival of an entire world...? And theirs? The five masters say that they're doing it to make it so she's prepared dor her role, but none of it seems like preparation. All of it seems like manipulation, control, and abuse. You'd think the masters would have a vested interest in her success
This book doesn't have a lot of hope or redeemable characters. Its pacing is pretty slow, which is fine, until it comes to her developing relationships with her fellow Sentinels and leading up to her legionnaires battle, and then it feels really rushed.
I also don't understand all the bargains made. Nothing comes for free, and she seems to get much less out of it than any of the people she's bargaining with. She's running so deeply in debt, she can't possibly hope to escape from it.
Idk. I just didn't like this book..I didn't like the story, the characters, the concept, the hopelessness, the shittiness of the world, etc. I don't think I'll be reading the next one.