A review by kitvaria_sarene
Cephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhail

Did not finish book.
Not rating this as I gave up on it about 20% (roughly 200 pages) through.

It is not a "bad book" and I am having a hard time to put my hand on why it didn't work for me. I just never got hooked. I cared for none of the characters, and the last 50 pages I found myself skimming instead of reading, just to "get it done". It seemed aside from a few scenes there just wasn't much happening, aside from people talking, and a lot of world building. I do not mind a deep world with complex informations and background. But here it didn't feel like a natural part of the book, more like random (to me sadly boring) information and names just spread through the book.

That is not at all why I am reading, it shouldn't be a chore. The writing was fluent enough though, and it's not like I found anything particularly annoying or disturbing, which is why I forgo a rating, this seems to simply not be my cup of tea.