A review by andicbuchanan
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: Theory by Sienna Tristen

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Heretics Guide to Homecoming is a secondary-world fantasy with a lot of depth. It has a slightly off-centre and deeply reflective approach to personal identity and growth that I haven't found very often, and there was a lot I found eye opening and sometimes resonant. Unfortunately it didn't quite land for me. Perhaps it was the length that was off-kilter with the tone and the pacing of the book, or perhaps it was just me, but I felt I had to drag myself back to it over and over. I desperately wanted to be immersed in the world, and in the minds of the characters, and it didn't happen. But it gets the four stars because the things that did work for me have lingered in my mind. If the author writes a novella (I'm going to check) I'd 100% give it a go.