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A review by kingkiara
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Audible read.
Overall this was amazing, the world building was enough to bring you in seamlessly without being overwhelming or confusing due to the time period and the advanced tech. The characters were all fully developed, lovable yet irritating in the ways that cousins raised like siblings are. The harsh realities of their society & community were woven in the most natural ways.
The only thing that irritated me personally was the main character's indecisiveness, which I now is the point but i think it's just the extent of it that I could not get past. I am also someone who prefers to have the full story & all the detailed information about something so i can properly examine every angle tediously before making a big decision. I can definitely understand her hesitation the first time she failed her test and I might have done the same. However if you beg for a second & third chance you should know why you're begging in the first place and use your redo as best as you can. It took her the full month to make a decision just for her to choose the more selfish and frankly dumb choice. There were so many more options and she just kept dragging her feet and making flimsy excuses. I can let some of it slide because she's young and naive but some of it was just common sense.
It's just interesting how she went from not trusting herself to overthinking herself into a poor impulse decision yet she expected her family to trust her?
I hope some of her choices in the end will make more sense in the sequel instead of being a "Reasons why you should have just killed him in the first place" I want the pieces to come together in a way that I'm not expecting.
Overall this was amazing, the world building was enough to bring you in seamlessly without being overwhelming or confusing due to the time period and the advanced tech. The characters were all fully developed, lovable yet irritating in the ways that cousins raised like siblings are. The harsh realities of their society & community were woven in the most natural ways.
The only thing that irritated me personally was the main character's indecisiveness, which I now is the point but i think it's just the extent of it that I could not get past. I am also someone who prefers to have the full story & all the detailed information about something so i can properly examine every angle tediously before making a big decision. I can definitely understand her hesitation the first time she failed her test and I might have done the same. However if you beg for a second & third chance you should know why you're begging in the first place and use your redo as best as you can. It took her the full month to make a decision just for her to choose the more selfish and frankly dumb choice. There were so many more options and she just kept dragging her feet and making flimsy excuses. I can let some of it slide because she's young and naive but some of it was just common sense.
It's just interesting how she went from not trusting herself to overthinking herself into a poor impulse decision yet she expected her family to trust her?
I hope some of her choices in the end will make more sense in the sequel instead of being a "Reasons why you should have just killed him in the first place" I want the pieces to come together in a way that I'm not expecting.