H O N S E

Bullet review:
+Interesting and overall pretty likable main characters, especially Duchess and Susie
+Good world-building of the fantasy elements
+I like that the characters both are captive and wild for a while, yet neither is seen as a perfect (or terrible) option. A lot of animal xenofiction tends to demonize captivity under humans, which this book thankfully never does. Humans are seen as a pretty neutral aspect here, oftentimes even positive.
+Despite a few loredumps, it thankfully never goes too overboard with it.
-While I'm not calling this book sexist (I've seen xenofiction that is FAR worse in that regard, don't get me wrong) and it does have capable and well-written female characters, I am not entirely comfortable with how pretty much every female character of note in this book is quite literally a broodmare there to put foals into this world. It just feels like it falls into the "every woman wants to be a mother" stereotype. It really couldn't have hurt to have one or two major female characters who just don't bear foals.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2025/02/book-review-heavenly-horse-from.html