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Vessel
by Sarah Beth Durst
This is a book with a lot of potential and it did make use of it. The writing was melodic, fitting with the desert setting, and I liked the fact that the author did not shy away from brutal scenes. (Did those worms remind anyone of the King Kong movie? Eww...) There were two things that bothered me though. First, I felt that the love triangle, quadrilateral was unnecessary -
The other was the rushed ending. There was too much going on towards the end of the book and too much information thrown at the reader at once. Maybe the author could have avoided the useless visit to the Falcon clan or made it shorter and had the emperor and Liyana meet faster. Other than this, it was beautiful book and I enjoyed the humor, especially in the scenes where the vessels and Korbyn act like normal teenagers and bicker. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys fantasy and YA.
Spoiler
Korbyn and Liyana needn't have fallen in love for the plot to work. They could have remained friends and Jarlath could have kept his role. Or forget Jarlath and have Korbyn leave for a bittersweet ending. Either way the whole Liyana, Korbyn, Jarlath and Bayla thing made me feel like I was in one of those sandstorms that are so common in the book.The other was the rushed ending. There was too much going on towards the end of the book and too much information thrown at the reader at once. Maybe the author could have avoided the useless visit to the Falcon clan or made it shorter and had the emperor and Liyana meet faster. Other than this, it was beautiful book and I enjoyed the humor, especially in the scenes where the vessels and Korbyn act like normal teenagers and bicker. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys fantasy and YA.