5/18/2023 0 Comments Trystan strong![]() ![]() I loved the endpaper maps of Alke and want a poster for my wall!Īlso, I appreciated that he didn’t follow the RRP template. His villains in particular strike the perfect balance for middle grade – the stuff of nightmares but not invincible, firmly grounded in myth, history, and real fears, and many with complex backstory or growth patterns. ![]() I’ll definitely get the next book in the series. Yet at the same time, I kept coming back and wanting to finish. Three times I put this down to finish reading another book that felt more compelling. So many aspects I loved, somehow didn’t quite coalesce for me. ![]() Perhaps I’m burnt out on MG fantasy? Over the past three years, I’ve read more than a hundred, so MG fantasy has taken up a larger than normal portion of my free reading lately. Confession: I liked this book very much, but didn’t love it, and can’t quite figure out why. ![]()
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