* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts and opinions are my own! *
Title: Descent of Shadows
Author: Ryanne Glenn
Published: December 11th, 2018
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Adventure
AMAZON | Goodreads
Synopsis:
At the heart of her family’s war against the wraith king, Anna makes the only decision she can—to fight back.
Humans have always called the land of Istamba home, yet Roland, King of the Wraiths, is intent on claiming it for himself. When Fort Lieay is attacked, thirteen-year-old Anna Lieay is the only survivor. Distraught from the death of her parents, she makes the dangerous journey to the Sanctuary, the last free human settlement. There, she vows to join the army, despite her age, to help save her home from the wraiths and restore peace to humanity.
It makes it a little better knowing this is a Middle Grade, and apparently a series.
I had really liked the first few chapters, it brought a lot of anticipation and had started very well!
However...as it carried on it didn't progress as well for me, I stopped caring for the characters and was more annoyed at several of them. It didn't help that through the rest of the book they were rather flat to me.
I really liked the fantasy themes of it, with the Wraiths especially.
And parts of it did remind me of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card a bit, a younger generation helping and fighting for the human race. I liked the plot and where it was going.
But overall, the execution of the plot and characters could have been done better and more of ended up chasing me away. Anna had held a lot of potential, and so had the side characters...but it seemed to just...go away somehow?
[My Rating: 🌟🌟] [2.5 stars!]
I sadly only have a shorter book review for you guys today, but I'll have another post up on Saturday for My Blogger Friends + New Blogs!
Thanks for reading!!
~Books with Noel
Title: Descent of Shadows
Author: Ryanne Glenn
Published: December 11th, 2018
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Adventure
AMAZON | Goodreads
Synopsis:
At the heart of her family’s war against the wraith king, Anna makes the only decision she can—to fight back.
Humans have always called the land of Istamba home, yet Roland, King of the Wraiths, is intent on claiming it for himself. When Fort Lieay is attacked, thirteen-year-old Anna Lieay is the only survivor. Distraught from the death of her parents, she makes the dangerous journey to the Sanctuary, the last free human settlement. There, she vows to join the army, despite her age, to help save her home from the wraiths and restore peace to humanity.
I had really liked the first few chapters, it brought a lot of anticipation and had started very well!
However...as it carried on it didn't progress as well for me, I stopped caring for the characters and was more annoyed at several of them. It didn't help that through the rest of the book they were rather flat to me.
I really liked the fantasy themes of it, with the Wraiths especially.
And parts of it did remind me of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card a bit, a younger generation helping and fighting for the human race. I liked the plot and where it was going.
But overall, the execution of the plot and characters could have been done better and more of ended up chasing me away. Anna had held a lot of potential, and so had the side characters...but it seemed to just...go away somehow?
[My Rating: 🌟🌟] [2.5 stars!]
I sadly only have a shorter book review for you guys today, but I'll have another post up on Saturday for My Blogger Friends + New Blogs!
Thanks for reading!!
~Books with Noel
Bummer that this didn't live up to its potential. Hope your next read is amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm crossing my fingers the next one will be, but we'll see!
DeleteAw sorry this one wasn't a little better in terms of the characters. Hopefully the series will pick up a little in that sense as it goes along.
ReplyDeleteSadly, if felt so butchered to the point picking up the sequel is not in my plans- even if it gets better :(
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