I thought this was pretty good and very well paced. I’m not sure exactly how to feel about the twists, but they served the story well enough, I think. Also not entirely sure how to feel about the cliff-hanger ending. Apparently we’ll be seeing about that later this year… assuming I remember to be on the lookout for the next book when it comes out.
I liked the magic system, as far as it was explained and shown. Would like to see more in terms of what different kinds of magical creatures there are in addition for Hob, perhaps even other elves like him. I’m kind of envisioning him as the furry council member guy from Arcane. Not sure how accurate that is, but that’s what he looks like in my head. Aside from Hob and the witches, I would definitely like to see more of the world going forward and explore Edwina’s family history that would have resulted in the twisty twist twist.
Anywho, overall, I found Raven Spell to be delightful.
Of the Abyss by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
A Spoiler Free Semi-Reread Review
I definitely had more fun reading this the second time around (and actually finishing it this time). I’m pretty sure my first read of colored by the fact that I’m an avid fan of Atwater-Rhodes’ earlier novels and apparently had expectations that this one would be similar to those. Boy was I wrong. This is very different from the Nyeusigrube set of books.
That said, I’m not super enthralled with the Mancer trilogy… like, enough not to go on to the next two. Maybe at some point, but not now. The ending was predictable enough that I was just like “eh, that’s what’s gonna happen” and it did, so yeah…
I did like the world-building for the most part. Would have liked some history on the Quin side of things, rather than just everyone else. It’s definitely more of a slow burn in terms of the world building, too. You get to feel things out with the characters rather than have things explained through exposition dumps. Which I liked overall.
That’s all I have to say for now, might think of more later. But yeah… there we go.
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