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A review by thewrittenadventure
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
3.0
Dnf at 10%
I was really excited for this book - don't get me wrong. The premise had everything I was looking for in a fantasy: tea magic? check. female protagonist who is also a fighter? check.
But for me, I wasn't enjoying the voice. Imani's voice didn't click with me. We're supposed to believe that she's this fierce Shield, a soldier in their world, one of the best, but the one fight scene we do see was just so-so.
I would have preferred to have seen more of the town that they live in before they go farther to the outskirts of town and begin the adventure.
3 stars, because the voice issue was definitely a me thing and not anything about the author's quality. Thanks to Netgalley for my free copy in exchange for a review.
I was really excited for this book - don't get me wrong. The premise had everything I was looking for in a fantasy: tea magic? check. female protagonist who is also a fighter? check.
But for me, I wasn't enjoying the voice. Imani's voice didn't click with me. We're supposed to believe that she's this fierce Shield, a soldier in their world, one of the best, but the one fight scene we do see was just so-so.
I would have preferred to have seen more of the town that they live in before they go farther to the outskirts of town and begin the adventure.
3 stars, because the voice issue was definitely a me thing and not anything about the author's quality. Thanks to Netgalley for my free copy in exchange for a review.