A review by claireyeah
Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 

I was honestly very pleasantly surprised with this book. It was the Fairyloot Adult August book pick, and I wasn’t expecting much because sometimes I find the adult book picks can be on the YA side, and I’m not a huge YA fan, however – this one, although I would class it as YA, was fantastic and I’m very glad I picked it up! 

 

I really enjoyed the writing style and how the world was created. I thought the author did an excellent job in bringing the world and characters to life and I can’t wait for the next book in the series so I can continue living in this story. The characters were also great, and I found myself wanting more of each one – especially Colin because he just seems incredibly intriguing to me. 

 

I did think the love triangle was a little predictable, and from the very beginning you can absolutely tell who she is going to end up with, which was a bit disappointing, but it didn’t detract from the rest of the novel. I do wish however, that there was a little bit if moral ambiguity within the story/characters. It always just felt like the bad guys were inherently bad, and the good guys were absolutely good… there was no, in between or any instances where the good guys could have taken the morally grey route and sometimes that just leads to a little bit of a more interesting story. 

 

I have to say I will definitely be going on to read the second book whenever it is released, however I hope it does edge it’s way into the more adult category that it has been published under, rather than the YA category that book 1 so comfortably fits (even though it has been published under an adult imprint)