Reviewed by clementine on
Very interesting fantasy world that avoids a lot of the annoying tropes and pitfalls that the male-dominated fantasy canon often falls into. I really enjoyed how Jemison normalizes same-sex relationships, trans people, and non-normative family structures. It took me a while to get my bearings in this world, and this definitely felt like the first book in a series - setting the tone for more interesting action, with a lot of necessary exposition to situate readers in a completely different world. While this book is well-written and fully developed, I'm just not sure this series is for me, so I probably won't continue with it. I'd definitely recommend it to fantasy fans, but I don't tend to read much in the genre and with so many things on my to-read list I'm going to move on to things I'm more excited about.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 6 April, 2019: Finished reading
- 6 April, 2019: Reviewed