Book info:
Title: The Storm Crow
Author: Kalyn Josephson
Series: The Storm Crow #1
Genre: YA fantasy
Release Date: July 9th, 2019
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Source: ARC from publisher which did not influence my opinion
My rating: 4 stars
Synopsis:
In the tropical kingdom
of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of
life…until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything.
That
terrible night has thrown Princess Anthia into a deep depression. Her
sister Caliza is busy running the kingdom after their mother’s death,
but all Thia can do is think of all she has lost.
But when Caliza
is forced to agree to a marriage between Thia and the crown prince of
Illucia, Thia is finally spurred into action. And after stumbling upon a
hidden Crow egg in the rubble of a rookery, she and her sister devise a
dangerous plan to hatch the egg in secret and get back what was taken
from them.
My Review:
While I don’t know if I got the whole giant crow bit to start with, there was a lot of good fantasy built into this world. The world was very interesting, and a lot to learn about and figure out. The characters were really good, all with a lot of background that made them more than two-dimensional, and gave you reasons to maybe not hate them, until they kept doing things that made them evil. There was a definite twist I didn’t see coming, although really, it should have been something I wondered about, because how wonderful of creatures were these crows, and to get rid of them completely makes no sense. I had really grown to want maybe something to happen for Ericen, even with him being the son of the enemy, her being forced to marry him, in his own way, he seemed to be maybe coming around. I’m glad that who I thought might be a double crosser didn’t turn out to be one. Guess I’ve been reading too many books with that kind of person. The betrayer was really someone kind of unexpected, but not anyone that would devastate my opinions of the characters. We left off at the end with a hope for what comes next, and I look forward to reading the next part of the story.
About the Author:
Josephson is a Technical Writer in Silicon Valley, which leaves room for too many
bad puns about technically being a writer. She grew up in San Luis Obispo, CA,
but now lives in the Bay Area with four awesome friends (because it’s the Bay
and she’d like to be able to retire one day) and two black cats (who are more
like a tiny dragon and an even tinier owl). When not writing YA Fantasy, she
loves baking, reading, playing sports, and watching too many movies.
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Yes – it's added to my TBR. It sounds right up my alley, and the cover is beautiful!
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I've been really curious about this book, so I'm glad to read your thoughts on it!
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
It was a good one! Thanks for visiting!
Fantastic cover
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This book has an exciting and unique premise and from your review the characters are well done and the world is too. Thanks for the review and honest thoughts on this book.
It was a good one! Thanks for visiting!
I cannot wait to buy the storm crow and the merciful crow together.
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