Eryca Liskovec
I honestly wanted to love this book, and I think a lot of the concepts and creativity with the magic system/supernatural beings have so much potential. The first 60% of this book flew by, and then I started to get hung up.
The author has some beautiful descriptions and imagery, but also has some places where the writing is stilted and can jar you right out of the scene. The author would also be very repetitive about certain things - to the point of blatant over explaining - but some of the more important details and plot lines were left unaddressed and foggy.
It also read as a weird mash up of YA and adult - like it had one foot in both worlds and couldn't choose which way to go, and just ended up feeling a little awkward.
Overall? I probably won't pick up the rest of this trilogy, but I'd love to read what she writes a couple of years from now as she grows as an author. The talent and imagination are 100% there!
I honestly wanted to love this book, and I think a lot of the concepts and creativity with the magic system/supernatural beings have so much potential. The first 60% of this book flew by, and then I started to get hung up.
The author has some beautiful descriptions and imagery, but also has some places where the writing is stilted and can jar you right out of the scene. The author would also be very repetitive about certain things - to the point of blatant over explaining - but some of the more important details and plot lines were left unaddressed and foggy.
It also read as a weird mash up of YA and adult - like it had one foot in both worlds and couldn't choose which way to go, and just ended up feeling a little awkward.
Overall? I probably won't pick up the rest of this trilogy, but I'd love to read what she writes a couple of years from now as she grows as an author. The talent and imagination are 100% there!