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A review by pineapplefury
The Skylark's Song by J.M. Frey
4.0
I had a lot of fun with this one!
Skylark's Song is a vaguely-steampunk fantasy about Robin, a pilot from a minority culture, who rises to prominence in her kingdom's army after surviving an encounter with the Coyote, a pilot for the kingdom they're at war with. She then has to prove herself to her fellow pilots, and stay ahead of the Coyote.
Honestly, my main critique of this book is that it feels like it takes a while to get started. The first half of the book isn't bad by any means, and it held my attention just fine, but when I got to about the midpoint and encountered what was ACTUALLY meant to be the main conflict of the story, I found myself wishing that there was more book left.
My favourite part of the book was the interplay between Robin and the Coyote, and the part where the book is almost a fake-romance intrigue is where it really shone. I could have definitely enjoyed a lot more of that line of plot.
This book was also surprisingly dark at times. I was definitely unprepared for the level of gore that some scenes had. This isn't necessarily a critique, just perhaps something to be aware of - if you're going in for a fun romp, just be aware that there's some other stuff in there as well!
All in all, I enjoyed my experience of reading, and I'm really interested to see what happens to Robin and the Coyote next!
Skylark's Song is a vaguely-steampunk fantasy about Robin, a pilot from a minority culture, who rises to prominence in her kingdom's army after surviving an encounter with the Coyote, a pilot for the kingdom they're at war with. She then has to prove herself to her fellow pilots, and stay ahead of the Coyote.
Honestly, my main critique of this book is that it feels like it takes a while to get started. The first half of the book isn't bad by any means, and it held my attention just fine, but when I got to about the midpoint and encountered what was ACTUALLY meant to be the main conflict of the story, I found myself wishing that there was more book left.
My favourite part of the book was the interplay between Robin and the Coyote, and the part where the book is almost a fake-romance intrigue is where it really shone. I could have definitely enjoyed a lot more of that line of plot.
This book was also surprisingly dark at times. I was definitely unprepared for the level of gore that some scenes had. This isn't necessarily a critique, just perhaps something to be aware of - if you're going in for a fun romp, just be aware that there's some other stuff in there as well!
All in all, I enjoyed my experience of reading, and I'm really interested to see what happens to Robin and the Coyote next!