Rich descriptions and a smooth, casual writing style brought this story to life and made it easy to immerse in. The world-building was also skilfully expanded and delivered without any glaring information dump, making it more engaging than the previous book. My only issue was that the extensive details of Ikenna’s emotions and internal conflicts made the narrative somewhat repetitive.
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FAEBOUND by Saara El-Arifi
Even with a considerable amount of world-building information and several interesting concepts, the fantasy world seemed underdeveloped and shallow. I also struggled with the awkward writing style that told more than it showed and dragged down the narrative with information dumps about the world and characters.
March 2024 Monthly Spotlight
With International Women’s Day this month, it’s another chance to celebrate women’s history and achievements. We especially celebrate all female authors who have given us so many amazing books across diverse genres, including these new releases coming out this month:
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INTO THE SUNKEN CITY by Dinesh Thiru
Despite being easy to follow and incorporating vivid descriptions that smoothly brought the world and events of this story to life, I did not find the simple writing style particularly engaging. I also struggled with the constant information dumps used to deliver the world-building, though the creative and believable world was impressive.
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RUTHLESS VOWS by Rebecca Ross
Like the previous book, beautiful, enchanting prose and rich descriptions bring this sequel to life. However, there is lots of telling and little showing, especially for the world-building and characters. Besides this, the underdeveloped concepts and glaring holes in the magic system only made the world-building fall flat for me.
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THE BLOOD TRIALS by N. E. Davenport
Despite some information dumps, I was utterly impressed by the detailed world that is established and infused with a creative mix of sci-fi and magic. Besides this, the casual writing style was easy to follow and filled with sufficient details and descriptions to bring the characters and story to life.
February 2024 Monthly Spotlight
Is it just me, or did January fly by this year?! Hopefully, you managed to squeeze in a few great reads, but even if you did not, it’s a new month, so here are some promising new releases to help you hit your reading goals:
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INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE by Emma Törzs
Lush details and descriptions brought this story to life but were jarringly excessive – especially in the first half of the story. On top of this, a third-person point of view was used, which made the writing style even less engaging. There were some cute moments of humour, though, and fewer information dumps in the second half of the story, making the pacing better.