When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.
Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she discovers an unsettling--and forbidden--talent for crafting colors that enchant all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets. When Auralia’s gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, she sets the stage for violent and miraculous change in the great houses of the Expanse.
Auralia’s Colors weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure to enthrall ambitious imaginations.
I've wanted to read this book for a while. The premise sounded intriguing and a very different sort of magical. But I didn't love it. And it's not because it wasn't well written, or the world not fully developed. I just never fell into the story.
The focus of the book is very much on the plot and the world and while there are several strong characters in it, I never felt connected to any of them; never felt that I truly understood any but one; and so never really rooted for them or became attached to them or resonated with them in any way.
For me, the way into a book is through the characters and so I felt that this book was stifled. There was so much to explore and play with but I always felt it was at arms length and so I could never dive in and enjoy it.
I almost want to read the other books in the series, just out of curiosity, but I didn't care about any of the characters enough that I need to see where it goes next.
