A review by ammonoids
Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

For a good majority of this book I was unclear about where it was going or what exactly the protagonist wanted. She was thrown about by bad luck and a biased society, her head literally torn open to stop her from feeling grief, and then brought along to testify in a trial that didnt happen until the very end of the book. I can only think of a few times she controlled her own fate. It all left me feeling very uninterested in what was otherwise a very intricate magic system and set of characters. Our main character was passive and uninterested, so I was too. I'm not sure if I'll continue this series.