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Rated The Unspoken Name 8/10

Overall, I liked it a lot. The world building is awesome and most characters are pretty engaging (<spoiler>even Oranna is in the end even though she seems like a BaddyMcBadface for most of the second act</spoiler>).



On the other hand, I usually prefer a hard fantasy magical system and I found the way magic is described to be a bit lacking in flavour. Obviously Csorwe isn't an Adept so it would make sense she doesn't explain details but still.



Moreover, as I was reading this with Ale, they mentioned pacing issues. It is true that I felt like this book ended 3-4 times. I was nearly expecting Act 2 to have a completely different cast. So I kept going up and down in my interest as situations were resolved and I lost interest and then having to slug through chapters before it picked up again. This might just be a personal thing or a side effect of my current mental state more than a flaw of the book though.



Ultimately I thought about giving this 3 stars, especially compared to the Locked Tomb books I read lately, but maybe it's the high of finally finishing it or the fact I liked the ending/last few chapters so I'll go with 4. Would read the sequel for sure.

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Published 2021-04-15 07:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere