A review by abithoughtful
Feathertide by Beth Cartwright

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
No rating as it's YA and it always feels a little unfair to me to star rate books for which I am clearly not the target market.

Honestly I picked this up in a charity shop a while back not quite realising it was YA and I might have left it on the shelf if I had realised. 

It's a cosy fantasy about a girl with feathers growing from her back, and her journey to a magical 'City of Murmurs' to seek out her father, who is part man, part bird. It's slow paced and sweet and (surprisingly) a little bit gay, but I think I'd have DNF'd it had I not found the audiobook on Spotify - so I listened to the last few chapters on the train this morning. Not a bad book by any means but I think not for me.