A review by leitnerkev
Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is just ok. The prose is pretty good but I'm not sure the author felt inspired to write it. He made some odd choices: he isolated the main character all thru the story including the climax when the point of her story was feeling like she didn't belong with any family? Also Ulivar was a compelling character in the beginning with a great twist and motivation but then he shoves him out of the way for the entire second half of the novel. Weird choices as I say. Also it could have been epic with the gates and forbidden magic and the most interesting magical character was dismissed in the first couple chapters.