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A review by aritrigupta
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
3.0
I should have really liked the book, but there were three main issues for me:
1) Meira with her unnecessary juvenile antics
2) Love triangles - I hate those
3) Excessive information dumping
The plot and the lore the author tried to create were impressive. However, the writing needed to be more systematic in letting us know what this whole battle/book was about. I was confused majorly about why this all started, also, I was tired of trying to keep up with all the information that was being thrown our way. Meira, as the protagonist, again, fell short of my expectations. While she was not annoying or too whiny, she was reckless, and had to feel like she was a snowflake (no pun intended!) I did not see why Theron had to be introduced as another romantic interest for her. Mather was, well, okay I guess. I hope there is more development in Meira and Mather in the next books.
I sped up my reading on most pages, because, Meira's POV was getting tedious after a while. I am not sure yet if I should invest my time in the sequels in this trilogy.
My overall verdict would be, that it was OK. The book is a bit of light fantasy with an interesting world, and marginally interesting set of characters. I probably won't recommend this to hardcore fantasy fans.
1) Meira with her unnecessary juvenile antics
2) Love triangles - I hate those
3) Excessive information dumping
The plot and the lore the author tried to create were impressive. However, the writing needed to be more systematic in letting us know what this whole battle/book was about. I was confused majorly about why this all started, also, I was tired of trying to keep up with all the information that was being thrown our way. Meira, as the protagonist, again, fell short of my expectations. While she was not annoying or too whiny, she was reckless, and had to feel like she was a snowflake (no pun intended!) I did not see why Theron had to be introduced as another romantic interest for her. Mather was, well, okay I guess. I hope there is more development in Meira and Mather in the next books.
I sped up my reading on most pages, because, Meira's POV was getting tedious after a while. I am not sure yet if I should invest my time in the sequels in this trilogy.
My overall verdict would be, that it was OK. The book is a bit of light fantasy with an interesting world, and marginally interesting set of characters. I probably won't recommend this to hardcore fantasy fans.