A Touch of Light
Ratings8
Average rating3.6
A solid debut, well written and easy to read with an intricate worldbuilding. Perfect for fans of Malice and Malazan.
2.5
A really cool concept, but it took me a while to even understand what was going on, and once I did, I just felt bored for most of the story. Might try the next one later down the road.
DNF
I'm not even 100pgs in and I'm calling it. While the writing is really good and easy to read, the format and story itself is too confusing with little-to-no explanation.
Beings like the Seraph, are glanced over without explaining who or what they are. They seem to be important as they are mentioned over and over again but I have no idea why.
People are popping up left and right the same way. No idea how they fit in anywhere, and there are so many. I think clans are even mentioned but I honestly have no idea as names are just thrown around.
Then we go from one character's story to the next without any cohesion between the chapters, so at one point I seriously thought I missed something and had to go back and skim what I already finished.
I think this definitely could have been a great read but there is WAY too much happening and too many people, places and clans/tribes popping up. More explanation of what things are, who is who, and maybe even a map of where all these locations and people are would have been helpful.
I do appreciate being provided a review copy. All opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone.
While I had this on my TBR for a couple of months already, I was fortuitously assigned this for SPFBO 8 Phase 1! You can find my full review over on Booknest.eu below:
https://booknest.eu/reviews/spfbo/2447-a-touch-of-light-the-ashes-of-avarin-1-by-thiago-abdalla-spfbo8-book-review