Scan barcode
A review by chloefrizzle
The Last Raven by Steve McHugh
3.0
This is the first book in a new Urban Fantasy series. It come out of the gate fast-paced, and maintains that momentum to the end. It's dramatic and gorey and has just the right amount of feeling bad for our characters.
The Last Raven follows Lucas. The book isn't shy about telling you right away that Lucas has recently seen all of his friends murdered, and he isn't feeling too good about that. in the middle of him struggling to get back on his feet, he's called in to help with a suspicious magical investigation.
While the book does dump onto you that the character is angsty, it takes its delicate time introducing you to the world and magic system. The information is fed to the reader at a manageable pace. This also provides some anticipation, as we don't get to find out what our protagonist's powers are until later in the book, once we're already comfy with the system. It's a solid world, and I'm excited to see more of it in future books.
A video review including this book will be on my Youtube channel in the coming weeks, at https://www.youtube.com/c/ChloeFrizzle
Thanks to Podium and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
The Last Raven follows Lucas. The book isn't shy about telling you right away that Lucas has recently seen all of his friends murdered, and he isn't feeling too good about that. in the middle of him struggling to get back on his feet, he's called in to help with a suspicious magical investigation.
While the book does dump onto you that the character is angsty, it takes its delicate time introducing you to the world and magic system. The information is fed to the reader at a manageable pace. This also provides some anticipation, as we don't get to find out what our protagonist's powers are until later in the book, once we're already comfy with the system. It's a solid world, and I'm excited to see more of it in future books.
A video review including this book will be on my Youtube channel in the coming weeks, at https://www.youtube.com/c/ChloeFrizzle
Thanks to Podium and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.