Sarah
This was a sweet cozy found-family fantasy story that also explored topics such as immigration, loss of culture, and exploring identity. The book also delves into the questions of fate versus free will as our MC wrestles with the various fortunes to be told. Intellectually, I appreciated this book and there were some very sweet heartstring moments. However, my typical genres have much higher stakes and so I kept wondering when the plot would peak. Instead it just meandered along its path, much like our main character(s), to the final destination. And you can just picture them continuing to do so after the final scene.
This was a sweet cozy found-family fantasy story that also explored topics such as immigration, loss of culture, and exploring identity. The book also delves into the questions of fate versus free will as our MC wrestles with the various fortunes to be told. Intellectually, I appreciated this book and there were some very sweet heartstring moments. However, my typical genres have much higher stakes and so I kept wondering when the plot would peak. Instead it just meandered along its path, much like our main character(s), to the final destination. And you can just picture them continuing to do so after the final scene.