This fantasy novella is entertaining enough for its brief length, and shows some originality, but it fails to explore its most interesting ideas, and the character development and worldbuilding – while serviceable – are not particularly deep. In a quasi-Asian world, a Protector rules over not-Chin...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is not poorly written. The world building is gorgeous. I also found it quite boring. I just didn't care enough about the characters or the plot or the world. It's high fantasy in a silk-punk world and it's, quite frankly, hard to get me ...
I'm very interested in the setting and worldbuilding, but not super invested in the protagonist. There's just a certain lack of intensity? Something? But there are also raptors and magic. I may still pick up the sequel.
Man, I'm pissed. Couple of years ago, I also envisioned a book where children are essentially genderless until they chose at a certain age, and I was like "that'd be cool! So cool! I'm a genius." I'm not super pissed particularly because I feel robbed (well.) but because it was done super well in th...
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