A review by merricatct
A Daughter of No Nation by A.M. Dellamonica

2.0

I hate the covers of these books, because they're so cool, and yet have NOTHING to do with what's actually in the books. I keep expecting rollicking pirate adventure fiction, but that is really not what's going on here. If anything, Sophie goes out of her way to keep wearing her regular Erstwhile/Earth clothes, and spent most of this book on land, so whyyyy is she dressed as a pirate on the prow of a ship on the cover? Anyway. I love the worldbuilding, I really do. Stormwrack is such a great creation, and I love the diversity and complexity of the nations and cultures and peoples there. Too bad we don't get to hang out with any of them, and instead are stuck with one of my least favorite MC's of all time. I'm reading the third book now, because they're quick reads and "in for a penny, in for a pound", but I'm really hoping the third book is better than this one.