Member Review

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3-3.5* I think this book had really great potential, but it kind of fell short for me. I liked the idea and the concept behind the writing and I was hooked in the beginning, but further into the story, I felt like I was stuck. There were a lot of different settings and Alder really struggled to find his identity and his calling. I thought the world building was cool, but I would have definitely wanted more context into the magic system and sometimes felt lost when I was reading about it. Everything felt super detailed too and I think the story could have benefitted from some simplicity. I did like it and I'd be curious to see where book 2 will go because I think this ending was pretty succinct. I also liked some of the secondary character such as Oriole or Atar that were introduced through Alder's journey. The book was good, I just don't think it's my usual style of fantasy.