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A review by shelvesofstarlight
The Four Symbols: The Black Sun Series, Book 1 by Jacques Ravenne, Giacometti
5.0
I always love a WW2 Historical Fiction and this one did not disappoint, especially because it included a type of magic treasure hunt.
The characters of this book were very well written and I did not expect the reveal about two of them at the end, which has me very intrigued about the next book and where they will end up going. I just found all of the characters so interesting and deep, they were all so complex and I just loved that about this book because it really had me very confused about who was going to do what next and why. My personal favourite was Tristan and I cannot wait to see what happens to him in the next book because he holds a whole load of promise, him and Erika because she is a strong female archaeologist who seems absolutely awesome.
The plot, as I said was based on a magical treasure hunt after four mystical objects (hence the name of the book) and I loved it. Of course, we had all the cool historical parts too with the SOE agents and the French resistance, and less nice we had the Nazis. However, I found that the parts to do with the Germans and the Nazis were super well written and very well handled which was something that I found super great about this book. Parts of it were more graphic than I anticipated but that didn't put me off the book in any way at all. I loved how we got to see so many different parts of the story at once as well because it allowed the reader to get a real sense of what was happening in several places at once.
The writing, as I've said was really good because not only was everything handled incredibly well but also the characters were created in such depth that they felt like real people. I cannot wait to read the next book, as I keep saying, because not only can I not wait to see what happens next but I also really want to keep reading these author's work.
I received a copy of this book through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The characters of this book were very well written and I did not expect the reveal about two of them at the end, which has me very intrigued about the next book and where they will end up going. I just found all of the characters so interesting and deep, they were all so complex and I just loved that about this book because it really had me very confused about who was going to do what next and why. My personal favourite was Tristan and I cannot wait to see what happens to him in the next book because he holds a whole load of promise, him and Erika because she is a strong female archaeologist who seems absolutely awesome.
The plot, as I said was based on a magical treasure hunt after four mystical objects (hence the name of the book) and I loved it. Of course, we had all the cool historical parts too with the SOE agents and the French resistance, and less nice we had the Nazis. However, I found that the parts to do with the Germans and the Nazis were super well written and very well handled which was something that I found super great about this book. Parts of it were more graphic than I anticipated but that didn't put me off the book in any way at all. I loved how we got to see so many different parts of the story at once as well because it allowed the reader to get a real sense of what was happening in several places at once.
The writing, as I've said was really good because not only was everything handled incredibly well but also the characters were created in such depth that they felt like real people. I cannot wait to read the next book, as I keep saying, because not only can I not wait to see what happens next but I also really want to keep reading these author's work.
I received a copy of this book through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.