Initially I was drawn into this book and found it very interesting. But over the first half of the book, I gradually found that it was becoming hard to read and I began to lose interest in it. It felt like it was 'going on and on' and I got bored of the protracted scene descriptions.
I also got fed up of the main characters habit of vomiting. Every time something bad happened, oops there she goes again vomiting, vomiting, vomiting. Tedious and boring!
Really I only wanted to finish it to find out what happens, some of it predictable, some quite surprisingly, not. Will I read a follow-up book if one is published? I'm not sure, maybe if enough time has passed for me to forget how this one dragged on.
I don't feel that I can recommend this book, but feel bad about saying that, as the underlying story was interesting.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for approving me to read this book.
2/5 Stars
Official description:
The raven, crane, and firebird each chose a tribe of man, granting humans heavenly magic.
But power in man's hand caused endless wars for land.
With mankind's destruction, the birds perished taking with them their magic.
Magic is now rare, war common.
The discarded daughter of an emperor, Khamilla Zahr-zad is raised with her mother's nomadic tribe until a violent raid ends that peaceful life. Amid the chaos of death, the heavenly magic of nur awakens within her, granting her the power to wield a cosmic light. Khamilla suddenly goes from outsider to weapon, finally accepted into her father's court. Now worthy, she trains in combat and poisons, pledging loyalty to his throne.
But tragedy strikes again and when her clansmen are defeated by a rival empire, Khamilla vows lasting vengeance as she escapes. However Khamilla is not alone - for something shadows her, feeding her darkness.
Hiding her identity, Khamilla infiltrates the enemy's army academy. She studies jinn, magic, and martial arts from cutthroat mystic monks in a bid to bring down an empire from within. However, through her studies Khamilla begins to question her father's teachings of war and rule.
With war escalating across kingdoms and a twisted magic spreading, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: revenge or freedom.
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Initially I was drawn into this book and found it very interesting. But over the first half of the book, I gradually found that it was becoming hard to read and I began to lose interest in it. It felt like it was 'going on and on' and I got bored of the protracted scene descriptions.
I also got fed up of the main characters habit of vomiting. Every time something bad happened, oops there she goes again vomiting, vomiting, vomiting. Tedious and boring!
Really I only wanted to finish it to find out what happens, some of it predictable, some quite surprisingly, not. Will I read a follow-up book if one is published? I'm not sure, maybe if enough time has passed for me to forget how this one dragged on.
I don't feel that I can recommend this book, but feel bad about saying that, as the underlying story was interesting.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for approving me to read this book.
2/5 Stars
Official description:
The raven, crane, and firebird each chose a tribe of man, granting humans heavenly magic.
But power in man's hand caused endless wars for land.
With mankind's destruction, the birds perished taking with them their magic.
Magic is now rare, war common.
The discarded daughter of an emperor, Khamilla Zahr-zad is raised with her mother's nomadic tribe until a violent raid ends that peaceful life. Amid the chaos of death, the heavenly magic of nur awakens within her, granting her the power to wield a cosmic light. Khamilla suddenly goes from outsider to weapon, finally accepted into her father's court. Now worthy, she trains in combat and poisons, pledging loyalty to his throne.
But tragedy strikes again and when her clansmen are defeated by a rival empire, Khamilla vows lasting vengeance as she escapes. However Khamilla is not alone - for something shadows her, feeding her darkness.
Hiding her identity, Khamilla infiltrates the enemy's army academy. She studies jinn, magic, and martial arts from cutthroat mystic monks in a bid to bring down an empire from within. However, through her studies Khamilla begins to question her father's teachings of war and rule.
With war escalating across kingdoms and a twisted magic spreading, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: revenge or freedom.
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