lisseut 's review for:

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
3.0

While reading this book I was highly aware of the problematic nature of the authors treatment of Japanese culture, the huge infodump at the beginning, the way character development and plot points seemed to happen very quickly, without much explanation, the "love interest" "relationship" and the heavy-handed treatment of TEH THEMES! Despite this, once I got into this book, I found myself drawn into the story and Yukiko's character. Do I wish that more research and respect had been given to Japanese culture? Absolutely! but I would class this book as a guilty pleasure, as even though I know there's so much wrong with it, I still found myself enjoying the story.