This is a book that will have you reading into the early hours!
Spellslinger is a YA fantasy novel with a lot of comedic elements. There's a ton of good lines that will keep you giggling and some very funny characters including a squirrel-cat who will remind you a lot of Rocket Raccoon. As well as the humour there's some incredibly emotional themes about war, family and doing the right thing. You spend the entire novel trying to figure out the right thing to do along with Kellen and sometimes you just don't know what the right choice is.
The main negative point about this novel is how very white it is. Ferius even points out that desert people wouldn't be as pale as Kellen but pretty much every character seems to be white. Where are these mysterious Jan'Tep of other ethnicities as if any of the featured characters weren't white, I couldn't see anything said. The other problem is the amount of animal death. I can brush it off hence why the book is still 4 stars but it was still very upsetting.
All in all a great novel and I look forward to reading what happens next.
Spellslinger is a YA fantasy novel with a lot of comedic elements. There's a ton of good lines that will keep you giggling and some very funny characters including a squirrel-cat who will remind you a lot of Rocket Raccoon. As well as the humour there's some incredibly emotional themes about war, family and doing the right thing. You spend the entire novel trying to figure out the right thing to do along with Kellen and sometimes you just don't know what the right choice is.
The main negative point about this novel is how very white it is. Ferius even points out that desert people wouldn't be as pale as Kellen but pretty much every character seems to be white. Where are these mysterious Jan'Tep of other ethnicities as if any of the featured characters weren't white, I couldn't see anything said. The other problem is the amount of animal death. I can brush it off hence why the book is still 4 stars but it was still very upsetting.
All in all a great novel and I look forward to reading what happens next.