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A review by krhea
Child of the Kaites by Beth Wangler
5.0
What a journey!
This story world is so well-developed. I had to pause in my reading of this book, sometimes for several days, a bunch of times as life and time-sensitive projects came up. And even though I was interrupted, I never felt disrupted. I never had to stop and re-read like "Wait, who is this character? What where they doing?" Which is amazing to me because, in a world where all the places and names and nations and histories are unfamiliar to me, I expected that having to set it down and walk away for awhile would leave me completely disoriented. It didn't. I attribute that to the writing. The author does such a good job immersing the reader in her world, I was just THERE. Like I'd lived there forever. I'm hugely impressed.
Rai feels very much like a real person to me. She's strong without being invincible or overbearing, and she's a young woman of strong faith but without coming across like she's already read her own story. And even though this is a retelling of a familiar Old Testament story, it's very much its own, character-driven adventure.
I need more Forziel in my life. And Yorchan. And I'm in the market for a baby axex if you know anyone.
This story world is so well-developed. I had to pause in my reading of this book, sometimes for several days, a bunch of times as life and time-sensitive projects came up. And even though I was interrupted, I never felt disrupted. I never had to stop and re-read like "Wait, who is this character? What where they doing?" Which is amazing to me because, in a world where all the places and names and nations and histories are unfamiliar to me, I expected that having to set it down and walk away for awhile would leave me completely disoriented. It didn't. I attribute that to the writing. The author does such a good job immersing the reader in her world, I was just THERE. Like I'd lived there forever. I'm hugely impressed.
Rai feels very much like a real person to me. She's strong without being invincible or overbearing, and she's a young woman of strong faith but without coming across like she's already read her own story. And even though this is a retelling of a familiar Old Testament story, it's very much its own, character-driven adventure.
I need more Forziel in my life. And Yorchan. And I'm in the market for a baby axex if you know anyone.