A review by shelfreflectionofficial
Firstborn by Tosca Lee

5.0

I would recommend reading this book right after the first one. I waited awhile before I was able to read this one and it took a bit to remember all the details from the first book and I don’t think I appreciated some of the connections as much as I would have had the first book been on the forefront of my mind. Despite the delay, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was fast-paced and took some unexpected turns, and resolved itself which I appreciate in a book. I love books that incorporate history and I thought she did a good job of weaving the legend into the story. I also enjoyed seeing her Pinterest board with pictures of the actual places and things used in the story. I think my one, I guess, 'question' with the storyline is that the monk had told her she needed to figure out how to use her powers better or they would destroy her. That the more she acts out of desperation, the more it will cost her. We saw that in her nosebleeds and such as she tried to do larger tasks. But even the event at the end seemed out of desperation and it didn’t seem to affect her, and if it wasn’t out of desperation we see only a small glimpse of the process it took to get to this point. I feel like there was a piece missing to that aspect of her story, something that didn’t quite come to fruition. But I digress. Looking forward to her next book!