A review by greeneggsandsam
The Crow Rider by Kalyn Josephson

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’“π’†π’Žπ’Šπ’π’…π’†π’… π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’Œπ’š. 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕, π’‚π’π’„π’Šπ’†π’π’• π’…π’π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† π’˜π’† 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž, π’˜π’† 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’π’Šπ’—π’†π’” π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒖𝒔. π‘Ίπ’π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’•π’‰π’“π’Šπ’π’π’†π’… π’Žπ’†." 
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 The Crow Rider is the sequel to The Storm Crow, where we follow out main character Anthia after Rhodaire is attacked by the Illucian empire. The attack leads to the destruction of Anthia's life as all the magical crow are killed along with her mother, the queen of Rhodaire. The Crow Rider continues Anthia's quest from book one where she plans to fight back against Illucia after finding a surviving crow egg in book one.
 I 10,000% fell in love with The Storm Crow, it's everything I could ever want in a book. I have to say, book two delivered EVERYTHING for me personally. I loved learning more about the magic in this world, the different people, and the technologies. The climax kept me hooked until I binge read through to the end. The battle scenes were detailed, but still fast paced to keep up with the tensions. The descriptions of the world, the people, the buildings, and everything were so excellently unique and detailed that I could imagine myself inside of Anthia's world.
 I cannot wait for Kalyn Josephson's new series coming out because her mind is a beautiful place that I NEED to be back inside of. I absolutely adored learning about the countries and their people, the magic and it's limits, and especially the crow. This is a duology that had me hooked from the synopsis, and I will never not recommend this book to lovers of YA fantasy.
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