A review by yasser
Child of Prophecy by Janny Wurts
3.0
A novella in Janny Wurts' Wars of Light & Shadow, it follows a girl who finds out a secret regarding her father and has to leave the city in order to stay safe. That's pretty much all I can describe because it's pretty much all I understood.
Not in a bad way, I was completely overwhelmed by all the detail packed into the ~20 pages. There's some creepy cabal of powerful witches, a mistwraith consuming the natural light, historical clansmen who are despised, unicorns with centaur guardians, Sorcerers, prophetic dreams and many words with apostrophes.
It's refreshing to not be spoon-fed exposition and slowly be introduced to the world's many facets. I was happily confused throughout which may have been tiresome for a novel but worked in this story's favour.
I don't know if it's the type of introduction to a series that everyone likes but it worked for me; I'm curious to read more.
Not in a bad way, I was completely overwhelmed by all the detail packed into the ~20 pages. There's some creepy cabal of powerful witches, a mistwraith consuming the natural light, historical clansmen who are despised, unicorns with centaur guardians, Sorcerers, prophetic dreams and many words with apostrophes.
It's refreshing to not be spoon-fed exposition and slowly be introduced to the world's many facets. I was happily confused throughout which may have been tiresome for a novel but worked in this story's favour.
I don't know if it's the type of introduction to a series that everyone likes but it worked for me; I'm curious to read more.