The Strength of the Few

Couldn’t put it down

This novel was phenomenal. Creative magic system, characters one can empathize with, and a tripartite plot line with amazing storytelling. I enjoyed every minute of it.

This book started off with a bang, three POVs and some long awaited answers, that was good but not yet perfection. It was only at the halfway point that I had to raise my hands. The character development, the emotional aspect and the will aspect all chefs kiss 🤌🏾

The boom has a series of things it does well and some it does not. The world building is fantastic, and the mysteries somehow get deeper which deserves immense credit. The pacing and split was done relatively well, the moments felt big and impactful and the plot was fairly well developed. The issues begin with characters and ends with death. The characters felt much weaker in this novel, emissa and Indol, ulsciar, Lanista and Caeror take a backseat. This leaves Eidhan, Aequa and a few new character, livi and Nep something to pick up the burden. The new characters I DID enjoy but the author makes most character moments cheap or few between and the new characters feel forced, less developed or flat. This is not true for ONE particular character, Aequa. She is given a ton of time to develop and begin a romance, this is built on trust which Vis points out is one of the reasons he can’t go back to Emissa. The author decides, having already established a relationship that’s a perfect foil to emissa and vis’s to kill off the character abruptly, where in vis promptly goes and does his own thing. Aequa is not mentioned again in the book after her death, not once.