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A review by naye
Inda by Sherwood Smith
5.0
Whoa. This is not an easy book to read, but it returns the reader's emotional investment manyfold, and is definitely worth sticking with - though there should be a warning about how hazardous it can be to get too attached to the characters. (There's some real gutpunches along the way. I cried.)
The story is fascinating - a true tapestry woven from a myriad viewpoints, everything from brief stitches to red threads running through the entire, magnificent thing.
The world, too, is incredibly well crated. Seeming at first to be another pseudo-European medieval fantasy land, there are intriguing hints sprinkled at more going on behind the scenes than what is obvious at first glance. And then there's quite a bit more than hints, and the world is just - absolutely unique. In fantasy, that's rare.
I love coming across fantasy stories that feel truly new and creative and I'm glad I stuck with Inda through the first third of heavy metaphorical lifting, because it's definitely both new and creative and I'm now eager to dive into the next book in the series.
The story is fascinating - a true tapestry woven from a myriad viewpoints, everything from brief stitches to red threads running through the entire, magnificent thing.
The world, too, is incredibly well crated. Seeming at first to be another pseudo-European medieval fantasy land, there are intriguing hints sprinkled at more going on behind the scenes than what is obvious at first glance. And then there's quite a bit more than hints, and the world is just - absolutely unique. In fantasy, that's rare.
I love coming across fantasy stories that feel truly new and creative and I'm glad I stuck with Inda through the first third of heavy metaphorical lifting, because it's definitely both new and creative and I'm now eager to dive into the next book in the series.