A review by ailaghast
The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Interesting premise and concepts that are unfortunately bogged down by an over-explanative narrative voice that insists on telling rather than showing, and brings down moments that could be emotional by telling the reader things they already know instead of letting them make connections themselves. Characters felt knee-deep for the most part. We have an interesting magical world under the Surface of our own that hints at a much bigger setting, yet we only ever meet at most 4 mages. Could certainly be 100 pages shorter with no loss of story. Really wanted to like this, but felt the story was unfortunately let down by the writing.