This had a lot of potential. Maybe the main series will be more flushed out. I especially liked the moral questions raised-what is evil? How far can/should you go to stop/prevent evil? However, it wasn’t explored as much as I would’ve liked.
The plot was very repetitive. Sol and Kelen constantly (like every 10 pages) had the same argument. The pacing also felt off. I can’t quite pin down what was wrong. Maybe the tension vs release was off. There’s a pretty strong romance element to this. That doesn’t bother me because I like romance. The romance wasn’t insta-love in my opinion, but I didn’t buy into it completely.
I would’ve liked more world-building. I'm Guessing there will be more in the main series, but this isn’t a small novella-there was time. I don’t understand the politics and, on a smaller scale, the magic system.
Thanks for reading!
Holly