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being the only witness to a serial killer…

I bought this book a bit on a whim because it popped up in my Kindle recommendations and it appeared to be the kind of story that I usually like. The story revolves about a few rather young characters. Very young indeed if the term cycles are anything near the years on Earth. The story is also very simplistic, adventurous and fairly unbelievable which is why I personally would classify this book as Young Adult.

The book starts off by trying to set the backstory for the rest of the book but there is not much world building. Throughout the book we never really get much information about things, just that Earth is gone, that humanity now is ruled by an emperor and that there are mysterious energy based entities around. These entities lives bound to a human and seems to manifest themselves as animals. Sounded a bit like The Golden Compass to me.

To basic story is not really bad. However, it is very simplistically implemented. Rylynn’s adventures are quite unbelievable especially taken into account the very short timespan in which the story takes place. The logic of the actions falters from time to time and anything like actual science and military strategy is mostly absent. The characters are generally rather shallow and I never really felt that I took that much liking to any of them, including Rylynn.

Having said that, it is not really a bad book, just perhaps a bit more for the not so experienced reader. It is a pleasant enough adventure and I have read a lot worse books. Not sure I will bother picking up a second book if one comes out though.