At some point last year, I made the decision to sign up to Netgalley again, on the basis that I wouldn’t go overboard and request too many. Well, as you can see by the title of this post, I did go slightly overboard and requested a few! As I’ve been struggling to keep on top of reviews lately, I thought I’d do a bit of a round up and a series of mini reviews. There may be a part 2 to this, depending on how many I get through here.
**Thank you to Netgalley and the respective publishers for the advance reader copies. All opinions are my own**
Ocean’s Echo – Everina Maxwell
I read this one back in September 2022 and I have to say, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed Winter’s Orbit. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed Ocean’s Echo – Maxwell’s characters are so well written and her writing is just as wonderful as it was in Winter’s Orbit. However, I did find the plot of Ocean’s Echo a little bit confusing in places, particularly towards the end. I did read this one fairly quickly though (I wanted to find out what happened next!), so a re-read might be in order…
Tread of Angels – Rebecca Roanhorse
I’ve enjoyed a lot of Rebecca Roanhorse’s work in the past and Tread of Angels was no exception. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this one was a novella (no complaints from me though!) As a novella, this worked really well – the pacing was right for most of the story, although I felt that it was a tiny bit rushed towards the end. I did really enjoy the concepts behind this I and liked the take on Heaven vs. Hell / angel vs. fallen angel idea.
I’ve enjoyed a lot of Rebecca Roanhorse’s work in the past and Tread of Angels was no exception. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this one was a novella (no complaints from me though!)
As a novella, this worked well – the pacing was right for most of the story, although I felt that it was a tiny bit rushed towards the end. I did really enjoy the concepts behind this I and liked the take on Heaven vs. Hell / angel vs. fallen angel idea (although I wish that some of it could have been explored in a little bit more depth – with it being a novella, there wasn’t much in the way of world building, which was a shame, as the concept was really interesting).
Frontier – Grace Curtis
This one had an interesting premise, but unfortunately, it didn’t quite work for me. It took me a while to get into the story and I found it to be quite episodic. It felt like a TV series, where each chapter was an episode and only towards the end did it all come together. While some might prefer that, I found it quite difficult to stay engaged. I will say that this did pick up towards the end I did find myself getting a little bit more invested in the story.
I’ll leave it there for part 1, but keep an eye out for part 2! There are still plenty more to review 🙂
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