By Caitlin Sangster
Simon & Schuster, 2021. 595 pages. YA Fantasy
Deep in the past of the Commonwealth there was a time when shapeshifters ruled the land with a destructive hand. After their overthrow a new power, the Warlord’s, is what governs the people, along with her Devoted. When an ancient shapeshifter’s tomb is unearthed bearing a cursed sword in its’ depths many are after its’ power. Among those are a healer bent on finding her twin’s murderer, a fugitive of the Warlord’s Devoted tormented by his sister’s ghost, a dandy archaeologist searching for a cure to his magical illness, and a girl desperate to escape the life foisted upon her. Who will end up with it?
Dive into a whole new magic system with She Who Rides the Storm. Where everyone’s motivations are suspect and trust is a delicate tightrope between all parties. The character’s in this story are well explored and memorable. It is a clean read, but brings up themes of obsession and potential abuse that could be triggering for some individuals. This is also the beginning of a series, and while there are some conclusions made, the reader is left hanging a bit at the end, you have been forewarned!
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