Kayleigh
World. Building.
Two words that I absolutely NEED to have in a good romantasy. Devney does a wonderful job at building a world and its lore. The Gods (which are typically present in romantasy) felt very different feom how they are usually portrayed. Are they still complete arseholes? 100%. But the lore tells a story of love and sacrifice.
Broody morally grey MMC? Check.
Found family? Yupp.
An FMC that starts out being not at all badass? For sure.
But all those things are also what makes this story good. There's tension, there's magic, there's suspense. There are twists and turns that i could see coming, and some I didn't.
Theres mystery surrounding Odessa & her family. Why did her father ignore her, up until she had to become the sparrow? Why did no one talk abojt her mother? Why did they make her dye her hair? Why can't anyone else feel the magic of the Brotherhood?
And the monsters are so interesting. I want to know more about the monsters in the realm. Are they truly that awful, or are they just misunderstood? Faze is easily one of my favorite characters and I feel like he will be important in the following books.
All in all, a very good read. The ending kept me wanting to read on, and I think I checked at least 4 times while reading to see if any news about book 2 had been released.
World. Building.
Two words that I absolutely NEED to have in a good romantasy. Devney does a wonderful job at building a world and its lore. The Gods (which are typically present in romantasy) felt very different feom how they are usually portrayed. Are they still complete arseholes? 100%. But the lore tells a story of love and sacrifice.
Broody morally grey MMC? Check.
Found family? Yupp.
An FMC that starts out being not at all badass? For sure.
But all those things are also what makes this story good. There's tension, there's magic, there's suspense. There are twists and turns that i could see coming, and some I didn't.
Theres mystery surrounding Odessa & her family. Why did her father ignore her, up until she had to become the sparrow? Why did no one talk abojt her mother? Why did they make her dye her hair? Why can't anyone else feel the magic of the Brotherhood?
And the monsters are so interesting. I want to know more about the monsters in the realm. Are they truly that awful, or are they just misunderstood? Faze is easily one of my favorite characters and I feel like he will be important in the following books.
All in all, a very good read. The ending kept me wanting to read on, and I think I checked at least 4 times while reading to see if any news about book 2 had been released.