So the next book I found to read over Spring Break was SO
much better.
Sora’s Quest is
set in a mystical land that seems, at first glance, similar to medieval
England. Once you get more into it you
learn of the different races who have almost died out. You are introduced to Wolfies (humanoid
creatures with some wolf-like looks and talents) and their magic and later
there are Catlins (who look like… wait for it… Cats). There are other races, but they are only
mentioned superficially in this first book of the series.
Sora is an interesting character who starts out coddled and
soft but grows into a great heroine along the way. She is kidnapped in the beginning and so, of course, my immediate thought is “oh great… this going to be the worst case of
Stockholm Syndrome ever” (it was classified as YA Paranormal Romance after
all), but honestly there isn’t a bit of that.
It is only toward the very end that she develops a friendship with
Dorian (who is a friend to the man who kidnapped her), and it isn’t until the
very last few pages that she admits to herself that she no longer loathes Crash
(the one who did kidnap her). And really
that isn’t until he lets her go and is leaving her that she realizes that she
no longer has those negative feelings toward him. I see a potential for the relationship in the
coming series because in one of the chapters from his POV you can see that she
is getting to him… but then he leaves (for her own good of course) so I
honestly don’t know at this point where that could go… or if she’ll ever see
him again.
What I do know is that I’m interested enough that I will
probably read Viper’s Creed which is
book 2 in the series. I can’t say that I
honestly learned a lot from this book… maybe not to judge a person before you
get to know them… but it was still a fun read and kept my attention.
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