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A review by theseliterarydelights
Odriel's Heirs by Hayley Reese Chow
3.0
I’m thankful to the author for providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for a review.
Odriel’s Heirs is overall a tense adventure fantasy with fun characters, a clever storyline, and unique (although sometimes clunky) world building. I enjoyed the descriptive yet succinct writing style that often made for a quick pace, the witty dialogue, as well as the creepy and diabolical villains.
My only major complaints are some issues I had with the world building and villain motivations. Although this book never info dumps, I felt confused at times keeping straight different pieces of lore, history, and the magic system. These all intrigued me, but I think more time could have been spent developing these. Again, I liked the villains, but readers don’t get much of specific motivations until late in the story and even then, much feels left out. Although, this might be purposeful, as we may learn much more in the sequel.
With that said, Odriel’s Heirs is a great debut and will appeal to new and seasoned fantasy readers. I look forward to reading more of Hayley Reese Chow’s work in the future.
Odriel’s Heirs is overall a tense adventure fantasy with fun characters, a clever storyline, and unique (although sometimes clunky) world building. I enjoyed the descriptive yet succinct writing style that often made for a quick pace, the witty dialogue, as well as the creepy and diabolical villains.
My only major complaints are some issues I had with the world building and villain motivations. Although this book never info dumps, I felt confused at times keeping straight different pieces of lore, history, and the magic system. These all intrigued me, but I think more time could have been spent developing these. Again, I liked the villains, but readers don’t get much of specific motivations until late in the story and even then, much feels left out. Although, this might be purposeful, as we may learn much more in the sequel.
With that said, Odriel’s Heirs is a great debut and will appeal to new and seasoned fantasy readers. I look forward to reading more of Hayley Reese Chow’s work in the future.