Skip to main content

Severance by Michael Pristsos and Jessica Mastroakos


My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
Average Rating: 3.67 Stars
Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9871500392710

 *I received a free copy of Severance in exchange for an honest review*
"To be born Gaian is to be born gifted. That wasn’t always true, but as more infants were born with special talents of the mind, what was once considered abnormal became the majority. The ungifted were sent to Thalassa, an island chain off the coast of the mainland. These orphans grew up in a vassal kingdom forced to pay dues to its overseers. In Severance, the first book of The Sovereign, a Thalassan soldier and orphan gets wind of a plot against his island home and wages war against its oppressors. A captain’s daughter fights for a love across the cultural divide. An assassin’s need for power takes him on a bloody journey throughout both lands. And a princess tells the biggest lie in her nation’s history, protecting her family’s right to rule."- Goodreads 


 Severance was a good novel about the struggles those who are different face and the hard times involving war, deception, and power. It was well written and had many like-able characters, but it was very slow at times and it could get very confusing on which character is which due to the frequent switching of points of view. While the book had some flaws, I still found it to be a good read. It had great battle scenes and the plot was definitely intriguing. Lastly, the idea behind the world and the world building was pretty awesome. To be completely honest, the idea behind the world was the reason I said yes to reviewing this book in the first place. The world just captivated me because of the way that the Gaians' will just cast aside their children if they are not talented in mind reading. Especially since they are basically tested right after birth and then are shipped off to be a Thalassan orphan if they are cannot read minds. 

 On to a more light hearted topic, my favorite characters happened to be Xander and Ana because it was interesting to see this world through their eyes as well as see how their cultures differ. Xander is a Thalassan soldier and orphan that the book centers a lot on and Ana is the Gaian daughter of a Gaian Caption and a Thalassan infant caretaker. On the other hand, a character I actually thought that I would hate but didn't was Roselyn, who is the Thalassan Princess and Xander's ex-lover. There are definitely some things about her character that are unlikeable in my opinion, but I still couldn't find it in myself to hate her. However, a character I loathed entirely was Donovan, who is a really bad character that got on my nerves endlessly. However, that is kinda impossible to avoid when he is one the antagonists in this novel. 

 Overall, this was a good read and I would pick up the next installment. If you like war stories and stories that focus on two struggling races because one thinks they are better than the other, then I would suggest you pick this up. 

 Thanks for reading!
    -Ashley <3 

 LINKS!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24087084-severance
Authors' Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2892946.Michael_Pritsos
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7260199.Jessica_Mastorakos

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Biannual Bibliothon TBR!

Once again it's time for the summer part of the Biannual Bibliothon! This portion of the read-a-thon runs from July 3rd to July 9th. I can't wait for this week long read-a-thon to binge read some great books! Also it might help my annoyingly long reading slump to end. The hosts of this read-a-thon came up with several reading and video challenges and I will link their youtube videos about both below. While I will not be doing the video challenges, however, I will be participating in a couple of the reading challenges. The Reading Challenges include:   1. Read the group book- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson   2. Free Choice/Wild Card Book   3. Read a Book Off of the Host's List of Recommendations   4. Read a Book With Your Favorite Mythical Creature   5. Read a book You've Been Putting off Picking Up   6. Read a Book from an Author You've Never Read Before   7. Read a Book in a Different Formant than You Usually Read I will not ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Night of All Evil by J.M. Shorney

My Rating: 3/5 stars Average Rating: 4/5 stars Format: ebook ISBN13: 9781310806902 I received a free copy in exchange for a honest review from AuthorAmp.com Night of All Evil was a good gothic horror novel about a witch named Freya that has a dark past that comes back to haunt her and her family. Freya was my favorite character and I really enjoyed reading from her point of view. The thing I liked about her was how she acted in the situations she is placed in. She also is just an interesting person that also happens to be a super powerful witch, which is pretty cool. In fact once I started this novel, I had a hard time putting it down. While I really enjoyed reading the story, the character development was just okay and it was kind of predictable. However, it was still a good read that grabbed my attention and kept me entertained.                        ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Finally! A April/May Wrap Up!

Hey Guys, Girls, and Everyone in between! I'm super sorry, I have not posted anything in a long time! It was the last two months of school for me, which involved prom, senior awards, and graduation. Very fricken hectic :D Also May was a really bad reading month because I didn't read a lot and was in a reading slump. I started multiple books and finished two books for school. I also read one novella to my cousin before his bed time while babysitting. On the other hand, April was a really good reading month because I read seven books. APRIL! The books I read in April were: Bound by Duty by Stormy Smith : 5/5 I absolutely adored this book and I got so addicted to it that I needed the next book right away! I even got the next book through the author Stormy, who is so sweet. Here is the link to my review if you are interested! :D  http://perksofbeingalatenightreader.blogspot.com/2015/04/bound-by-duty-by-stormy-smith-booktalk.html Bound by Spells by Stormy Smith : 5/5 I cont...
Post a Comment
Read more