A review by emsrose
Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
5.0
This murder mystery was a thrilling read from start to finish. Amanda uses such descriptive and beautiful writing that really lets you imagine what things look like as they happen. To me, I felt that each character was really unique and someone who I don't think has really ever appeared in other similarly themed books which really made it unique.
Sorina is a young "freaky" character but was overall quite relatable as she questions both herself, her morals and also simply just gets to act like a teenager who doesn't want to be treated as her age when it came to danger. In other times, she is mature and acts a lot older but it generally makes sense with the story line and her past.
At first I wanted to be picky and give it a 4/5 mainly because you don't get to really get to understand the reality on how Sorina sees with no eyes and at first I thought it would have been better to have at least some kind of explanation. Although, by the final page that all left the window, it was just such a unique characteristic and reading it like that just truly adds to the story and makes you really think about Sorina and her powers.
Overall, this book was beautifully written and I really didnt find much that I disliked about it. Plus, it wasn't really a childish "magic book" and had quite some depth with a variety of themes which I really loved.
Sorina is a young "freaky" character but was overall quite relatable as she questions both herself, her morals and also simply just gets to act like a teenager who doesn't want to be treated as her age when it came to danger. In other times, she is mature and acts a lot older but it generally makes sense with the story line and her past.
At first I wanted to be picky and give it a 4/5 mainly because you don't get to really get to understand the reality on how Sorina sees with no eyes and at first I thought it would have been better to have at least some kind of explanation. Although, by the final page that all left the window, it was just such a unique characteristic and reading it like that just truly adds to the story and makes you really think about Sorina and her powers.
Overall, this book was beautifully written and I really didnt find much that I disliked about it. Plus, it wasn't really a childish "magic book" and had quite some depth with a variety of themes which I really loved.