This was so incredibly good! I got this from netgalley for a free review and I am craving so much more now from Rita Stradling. Her writing style is fantastic and from page one, I was hooked. This was a beautiful book and I definitely recommend this book for everyone who loves a heroine standing up and fighting plus there was magic, so it was especially fantastic!

I love this book. And, I cannot wait until there is another installment to continue loving this series.

Stradling has created a world where magic and gods rule--but in a fallible way. I can't tell you too much because the progression from confusion to understanding is one of the best parts of this book but, trust me, reading this book is well worth it.

Annabelle Klein, in the space of a few moments, loses everything. Her parents, her fortune... and her color. With that final loss she is forgotten, along with anything that she touches and melts the color away from. She doesn't die, though, and seems to be forced into a life of wandering around her home forgotten and unseen, that is until one afternoon she is seen. But then she also realizes that being seen by one can lead to others... and someone is obviously hunting her.

Every question that you ask in this book is answered--and I love that! Sometimes with book series you don't ever feel like you really know anything until the last book and then everything is magically revealed. And there is a bit of a cliffhanger with the end but it is one that I can live with.

I really liked this book. Did I already say that?

‘Colorless’ is a unique and intriguing read. Author Rita Stradling has invented a new type of Magician and reimagined Gods and religious beliefs from the four directions (East, West, North, and South). There are both supernatural and historical fiction elements to be found here.

From the blurb:

“Then Annabelle is informed of her parents’ sudden and simultaneous deaths, and all of the pigment drips out of her skin and hair, leaving her colorless. Within moments, Annabelle is invisible and forgotten by all who know her.”

While the plot of this book follows Annabelle as she strives to unravel the mystery of what has happened to her family, several characters narrate throughout the book, providing different perspectives, which I found quite refreshing.

Once again, Stradling has created relatable characters, and through her skilled writing, each interaction and connection between them seem genuine.