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A review by booksalacarte
Court of Talons by Jennifer Chance
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4⭐️2.75🌶️
NA Post Apocalyptic Fantasy
Coming of age
Patriarchal society
Twelfth night reimagining
Warrior FMC
Magical beasts/familiars
Secret identity
House government system
Tournaments
I just wish there had been a world map in my eARC.
This was an amazingly unique magic system. I immediately was drawn into the world where men ruled with iron fist. I haven’t read many twelfth night/mulan reimagining, so I was pleasantly surprised by this fierce FMC. Talia witnessing her little brother being killed, takes up his identity to find the murderer and bring honor and vengeance to her house was a great background story for the FMC.
I enjoyed the Divh and look forward to the back story and further worldbuilding when it comes to understanding them better. The side characters were well conceived and brought so much heart to the story. I find it still unclear the structure of the world outside of the tournament, but I’m sure that the next book will widen the lense of the book to give us a fuller picture.
Modern language and phrases at times, but the writing style was easy to read and get drawn into.
The love story was a little too insta for me. Claiming an intense connection with very little interactions or knowledge of each other.
I’m excited to see where this story goes.
Thank you NetGalley and Oliver Herber Books for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
NA Post Apocalyptic Fantasy
Coming of age
Patriarchal society
Twelfth night reimagining
Warrior FMC
Magical beasts/familiars
Secret identity
House government system
Tournaments
I just wish there had been a world map in my eARC.
This was an amazingly unique magic system. I immediately was drawn into the world where men ruled with iron fist. I haven’t read many twelfth night/mulan reimagining, so I was pleasantly surprised by this fierce FMC. Talia witnessing her little brother being killed, takes up his identity to find the murderer and bring honor and vengeance to her house was a great background story for the FMC.
I enjoyed the Divh and look forward to the back story and further worldbuilding when it comes to understanding them better. The side characters were well conceived and brought so much heart to the story. I find it still unclear the structure of the world outside of the tournament, but I’m sure that the next book will widen the lense of the book to give us a fuller picture.
Modern language and phrases at times, but the writing style was easy to read and get drawn into.
The love story was a little too insta for me. Claiming an intense connection with very little interactions or knowledge of each other.
I’m excited to see where this story goes.
Thank you NetGalley and Oliver Herber Books for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.