The Burning Land The Way of Arata Book 1 by Victoria Strauss

476 Pages
Publisher: Open Road Media Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Release Date: February 24, 2015

Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Religious

I realize this is a book of fantasy but there is a prominent religious theme. The main character, Gyalo, is sent on a mission with the task to save or convert people in the Refuge. The book did not resonate with me. I did not finish it.

I have been trying for quite a while with this book. It is very well written — as I expected after having read and enjoyed 2 other books by author Victoria Strauss — but I was expecting a fantasy book with religious themes, and this really more of a religious book about religion, couched in the trappings of fantasy. This is just not at all interesting to me. Too bored to continue, I am giving up.