A review by dufremde
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

much like my reading experience with A Magical Girl Retires, I could have used 100 more pages of this. I loved the world-building, the embedding of Slavic mythology in the underbelly of an urban setting (the way the main families sourced their energy, like a chain of funeral homes to harvest sadness? so good), and of course the Chicago-ness of it! the character work was slightly underdeveloped as a result of the length, though, and I'm not sure the romantic (or even platonic) dynamics were fully earned, so the emotional impact didn't quite land. I would definitely not object to more novellas in this universe.