Bacchanal by Veronica Henry
Quite the ride. I personally found the dive into a largely African-based magic system refreshing as most of what I read tends to stay closer to the Western European style of magic and magic systems. I also enjoyed the characters, though I’m writing this review over a month after reading so I don’t remember names, so much. However, I do remember the characters themselves, if that makes any sense. Just thinking about Bacchanal brings them roaring back into my head, even if their names remain buried. Definitely a worth the read.
Enchantress by James Maxwell
The characterization is crap - literally do not
care about that main characters and the side ones are just kind of
there. The timeline doesn’t make sense - takes two months to get
somewhere and one to get back? And how long have any of the events
actually been taking place for? And, I’m sorry, but your characters are
living in a semi-medieval society that uses swords all over the place
and yet don’t know what a bow and arrow is? How? That doesn’t make
sense. I just can’t anymore with this. Got about 150 pages in and I just
can’t keep going.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that pretty much all the exposition is clunky.
First DNF of the year.
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