coral reviewed Nightblade by Garrett Robinson
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4 stars
Overall, I really like this book, and I anticipate giving later books in the series a full five stars. Our protagonist is a 15 year old bisexual girl (she might be lesbian; I couldn't get a good read on her opinions about men). Her villains are mostly women. It isn't a world full of white people, either, though the heroine herself is pale with green eyes.
There's action! Intrigue! A strong preference for cleverness in lieu of violence (though there's also some violence)! Tropes!
It lost a star, though, because the book starts out with her taking beatings from her abusive father, and I ... just ... didn't need that in my life. I think the story could have been just as good and just as compelling without that detail and without making us witness it.
Since she gets away and moves on with her story fairly quickly, though, this …
Overall, I really like this book, and I anticipate giving later books in the series a full five stars. Our protagonist is a 15 year old bisexual girl (she might be lesbian; I couldn't get a good read on her opinions about men). Her villains are mostly women. It isn't a world full of white people, either, though the heroine herself is pale with green eyes.
There's action! Intrigue! A strong preference for cleverness in lieu of violence (though there's also some violence)! Tropes!
It lost a star, though, because the book starts out with her taking beatings from her abusive father, and I ... just ... didn't need that in my life. I think the story could have been just as good and just as compelling without that detail and without making us witness it.
Since she gets away and moves on with her story fairly quickly, though, this book gets to keep the other four stars, and I genuinely look forward to the remainder of the series!