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60. Shapeshifter
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fiveforsilver60. *Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett
Young Adult, Fantasy, 244 pages
I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.
Sive is a Sidhe who can shapeshift into a doe and has magic in her singing. She unwittingly catches the eye of Far Doirche, a dark fey sorcerer who wants control over her and her singing power. To escape him, she shifts into her deer form and flees.
The plot and some of the characters are interesting, but there are flaws in the writing that detract from the story. The book is in third person but most chapters include a short section in first person, interludes that add little to the story and only release any tension there might have been regarding the future of those characters. In addition, there are several important events that occur completely off-page and which are only described minimally later, in passing.
The story would have read better in alternating first person, which would have retained the dramatic tension and given a method for including the events that were left out (or a reason for their exclusion).
I liked the idea of the story, but unfortunately the stylistic quirks were too distracting for me to like the book.
60 / 160 books. 38% done!
28 / 80 *new books. 35% done!
3 / 7 ^non-fiction. 43% done!
16739 / 48000 pages. 35% done!
Audiobooks: 23h46m
Young Adult, Fantasy, 244 pages
I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.
Sive is a Sidhe who can shapeshift into a doe and has magic in her singing. She unwittingly catches the eye of Far Doirche, a dark fey sorcerer who wants control over her and her singing power. To escape him, she shifts into her deer form and flees.
The plot and some of the characters are interesting, but there are flaws in the writing that detract from the story. The book is in third person but most chapters include a short section in first person, interludes that add little to the story and only release any tension there might have been regarding the future of those characters. In addition, there are several important events that occur completely off-page and which are only described minimally later, in passing.
The story would have read better in alternating first person, which would have retained the dramatic tension and given a method for including the events that were left out (or a reason for their exclusion).
I liked the idea of the story, but unfortunately the stylistic quirks were too distracting for me to like the book.
Audiobooks: 23h46m
