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A review by xxivo
The Wenamak Web by Marie Howalt
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Another lovely novella in this series.
Alanna is now properly part of the crew of the Colibri and this next adventure takes them to a new planet once again. This story has awesome fight scenes again but also some diplomatic moments where the conversation that is going on is all that matters. Both I really enjoy in books and this novella had the right balance and executed them well. The fighting scenes were fast and always had me on the end of my seat. The intensity was high and it was a lot of fun.
There are two new characters introduced, the doctor helping less fortunate humans, and the wendek Raithan. I really enjoyed both of these characters. The human doctor named Chrys is a very bubbly sweet woman that reminds me of the kindness Alanna embodies. We don't see that much of her during the book but I greatly enjoyed the time spent with her. Raithan is a central character from start to finish. He gives the Colibri the job but is also part of it himself. It was so fun to see more of the different species in this universe with the highlight on the Wendek. Wendek seem so interesting, and like the book says so close to humans, but also so different at the same time. The scene where we meet Raithan at the art building was so much fun and the way he insists on his customs was really interesting.
There is also one other character that makes an appearance, but for spoilers reasons I won't mention them... but let me just say I was so happy to see this character in this book too.
I also really loved the ending, but same as before I won't say much about that either. Just go read it!
I enjoyed that this book had POV chapters of many people as well. We had all three of the Colibri and even some more. I can often feel overwhelmed with too many POV, but I really had none of that here. Perspectives flowed between people really easily and tied the story together in a neat way. It thus was great to see how everyone was experiencing moments of mayhem and gave us a good look at the whole of the situation. It really made the book a lot better.
Concluding I think this is a great third novella that I would recommend anyone to pick up if they've read the first two, and if they didn't I'd say to start reading this series asap.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.
Alanna is now properly part of the crew of the Colibri and this next adventure takes them to a new planet once again. This story has awesome fight scenes again but also some diplomatic moments where the conversation that is going on is all that matters. Both I really enjoy in books and this novella had the right balance and executed them well. The fighting scenes were fast and always had me on the end of my seat. The intensity was high and it was a lot of fun.
There are two new characters introduced, the doctor helping less fortunate humans, and the wendek Raithan. I really enjoyed both of these characters. The human doctor named Chrys is a very bubbly sweet woman that reminds me of the kindness Alanna embodies. We don't see that much of her during the book but I greatly enjoyed the time spent with her. Raithan is a central character from start to finish. He gives the Colibri the job but is also part of it himself. It was so fun to see more of the different species in this universe with the highlight on the Wendek. Wendek seem so interesting, and like the book says so close to humans, but also so different at the same time. The scene where we meet Raithan at the art building was so much fun and the way he insists on his customs was really interesting.
There is also one other character that makes an appearance, but for spoilers reasons I won't mention them... but let me just say I was so happy to see this character in this book too.
I also really loved the ending, but same as before I won't say much about that either. Just go read it!
I enjoyed that this book had POV chapters of many people as well. We had all three of the Colibri and even some more. I can often feel overwhelmed with too many POV, but I really had none of that here. Perspectives flowed between people really easily and tied the story together in a neat way. It thus was great to see how everyone was experiencing moments of mayhem and gave us a good look at the whole of the situation. It really made the book a lot better.
Concluding I think this is a great third novella that I would recommend anyone to pick up if they've read the first two, and if they didn't I'd say to start reading this series asap.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.