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A review by the_ya_assassin
The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani
4.0
*I received an eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This book was pretty good! I liked the plot, action, and mystery!
More specifically:
- I loved how Rae's disability affected everything she did and those around her - I've found that authors oftentimes forget that their character has a disability and don't continue to include it in the story. Consistency is hard to come by in YA!
- I loved the romance! It's a little dash of something sweet to the book - I can't wait to see where it goes next.
- I loved the mystery - who was behind the kidnappings and how could they catch/stop them?
- The way [a:Intisar Khanani|5780445|Intisar Khanani|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1520258584p2/5780445.jpg] approached the human-trafficking part of the book. It didn't feel dark or heavy, which was nice and kept me invested in the story.
- The two things I didn't like - the writing felt different than Thorn somehow. I didn't enjoy the writing as much. I felt that the story, while maybe not as effective in Alyrra's POV, would've been better and more familiar. I wasn't as hooked by the beginning because I was really confused on who Rae was (I didn't read Khanani's review of it before I read it).
The ending was CRUEL!! Agh! How are we expected to wait for the sequel?!?!
This book was pretty good! I liked the plot, action, and mystery!
More specifically:
- I loved how Rae's disability affected everything she did and those around her - I've found that authors oftentimes forget that their character has a disability and don't continue to include it in the story. Consistency is hard to come by in YA!
- I loved the romance! It's a little dash of something sweet to the book - I can't wait to see where it goes next.
- I loved the mystery - who was behind the kidnappings and how could they catch/stop them?
- The way [a:Intisar Khanani|5780445|Intisar Khanani|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1520258584p2/5780445.jpg] approached the human-trafficking part of the book. It didn't feel dark or heavy, which was nice and kept me invested in the story.
- The two things I didn't like - the writing felt different than Thorn somehow. I didn't enjoy the writing as much. I felt that the story, while maybe not as effective in Alyrra's POV, would've been better and more familiar. I wasn't as hooked by the beginning because I was really confused on who Rae was (I didn't read Khanani's review of it before I read it).
The ending was CRUEL!! Agh! How are we expected to wait for the sequel?!?!