Prelude of Fire: The Gailean Quartet, Book I
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The author was so kind to send me an ebook version of the book as an ARC, in exchange for an honest review. My first ever ARC as well, super existing stuff. This will be a re-release for the author in October this year! So mark your calendars dragons, if you think this will be a new series to dive into and obsess over! Now for the part we are all here for: The Review: In my book, three stars is never a bad rating. For me personally, it only means that this is a good book, that might not be for me as a target audience for simple, small reasons like: not being a 100% able to connect to a character because of, for example: their age and the appropriate behavior they are exhibiting because of said age. And that was mostly it for me with this book. So absolutely no fault of the story or the writing, simply personal preference. The main character in this book, Ashlai (stunning name btw), is 15 and is behaving in ways that are to be expected, especially considering what is happening in her life at the time. Being a 30 year old woman that has simply, mostly, moved on from reading books with such young main characters, I was not a fan of the stubbornness, the fighting and being a little too judgmental at times. Let’s talk about the story: I LOVED that this book got right in there. You open it, read the first two chapters and you are in it already. No intense pre world building, right into the action we go. The world building happens naturally over time, while the story unfolds, which I enjoy the most when going into a new fantasy world. The main storyline flowed pretty well, along with some smaller side quests, that only enriched the book more. There are a lot of people to keep track of, but since you meet them over time and with the main protagonist, it is easy to keep track of them. In the end I found qualities in all of them, that I adored. I liked that the villain was truly a villain. He wasn’t a morally grey person or someone to redeem if only they got enough love thrown at them. I did however not quite like where it ended with him by the end of the book. There was something about it that I thought a little far fetched/a kinda easy out as an explanation. But it is a good way to end it, remembering that this is a book surrounding a pretty young cast of characters. The ending of the book gave me a good feeling. It truly felt like the quiet, nice ending, at the end of a long quest, for all that is good. It felt like coming home. Overall: -> it was great writing -> an interesting story -> cool magic -> a bigger, pretty neat group of people as cast -> very pretty cover -> highly recommended for people that are between the ages: ~14 to 19 (and I am sure older people will also love this)
Beschreibung
Beiträge
The author was so kind to send me an ebook version of the book as an ARC, in exchange for an honest review. My first ever ARC as well, super existing stuff. This will be a re-release for the author in October this year! So mark your calendars dragons, if you think this will be a new series to dive into and obsess over! Now for the part we are all here for: The Review: In my book, three stars is never a bad rating. For me personally, it only means that this is a good book, that might not be for me as a target audience for simple, small reasons like: not being a 100% able to connect to a character because of, for example: their age and the appropriate behavior they are exhibiting because of said age. And that was mostly it for me with this book. So absolutely no fault of the story or the writing, simply personal preference. The main character in this book, Ashlai (stunning name btw), is 15 and is behaving in ways that are to be expected, especially considering what is happening in her life at the time. Being a 30 year old woman that has simply, mostly, moved on from reading books with such young main characters, I was not a fan of the stubbornness, the fighting and being a little too judgmental at times. Let’s talk about the story: I LOVED that this book got right in there. You open it, read the first two chapters and you are in it already. No intense pre world building, right into the action we go. The world building happens naturally over time, while the story unfolds, which I enjoy the most when going into a new fantasy world. The main storyline flowed pretty well, along with some smaller side quests, that only enriched the book more. There are a lot of people to keep track of, but since you meet them over time and with the main protagonist, it is easy to keep track of them. In the end I found qualities in all of them, that I adored. I liked that the villain was truly a villain. He wasn’t a morally grey person or someone to redeem if only they got enough love thrown at them. I did however not quite like where it ended with him by the end of the book. There was something about it that I thought a little far fetched/a kinda easy out as an explanation. But it is a good way to end it, remembering that this is a book surrounding a pretty young cast of characters. The ending of the book gave me a good feeling. It truly felt like the quiet, nice ending, at the end of a long quest, for all that is good. It felt like coming home. Overall: -> it was great writing -> an interesting story -> cool magic -> a bigger, pretty neat group of people as cast -> very pretty cover -> highly recommended for people that are between the ages: ~14 to 19 (and I am sure older people will also love this)