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A review by akacya
The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson
4.0
2024 reads: 228/250
in rhodaire, elemental crows keep the city running: they help with farming, fighting, the weather, and more. but when the illucian empire invades, they kill all crows, crow eggs, and many of the rhodairian warriors—including princess thia’s mom and mentor. months later, thia is forced into an engagement with the prince of the very kingdom who took everything from her. to marry him, in thia’s opinion, is to give up on her kingdom. shortly before leaving, though, she finds an unhatched, but still living, crow egg, which becomes her beacon of hope…if she figures out how to hatch it and keep it, and herself, safe from illucia’s vicious queen.
the world building in this is something i really enjoyed. at first, i wished we had gotten more time with the crows before they became “extinct,” since they died in the prologue. however, we still got a lot of exposure to the way things worked before the massacre through thia’s memories and what she learns throughout the book.
i’m so glad i finally got around to reading this book! i’ve been eyeing it for so long, and honestly, have no good reason as to why i haven’t picked it up before now. better late than never, though! this left me with so many questions, and i really can’t wait for them to be answered in book two!
in rhodaire, elemental crows keep the city running: they help with farming, fighting, the weather, and more. but when the illucian empire invades, they kill all crows, crow eggs, and many of the rhodairian warriors—including princess thia’s mom and mentor. months later, thia is forced into an engagement with the prince of the very kingdom who took everything from her. to marry him, in thia’s opinion, is to give up on her kingdom. shortly before leaving, though, she finds an unhatched, but still living, crow egg, which becomes her beacon of hope…if she figures out how to hatch it and keep it, and herself, safe from illucia’s vicious queen.
the world building in this is something i really enjoyed. at first, i wished we had gotten more time with the crows before they became “extinct,” since they died in the prologue. however, we still got a lot of exposure to the way things worked before the massacre through thia’s memories and what she learns throughout the book.
i’m so glad i finally got around to reading this book! i’ve been eyeing it for so long, and honestly, have no good reason as to why i haven’t picked it up before now. better late than never, though! this left me with so many questions, and i really can’t wait for them to be answered in book two!