Review: Even the darkest stars

"Hearts of shadow, eyes of flame. None escape who witches claim."

3/5 ★★★

This is not a bad book, but I just... wasn't that into it, I guess? On one hand, I think this book's strongest point is the atmosphere. I don't even like mountains and all things related to it but the author made me want to buy a ticket to go ski. And I hate skiing (horrible childhood memories, ugh). And the familiars and little dragons were definitely a plus, they're so cute and cuddly, I want one. On the other hand, the book's weakest point has got to be the pacing. The beginning and the last 30 pages are ok, they make you want to read and keep following Kamzin's journey but the middle part has so many boring parts. There are entire pages full of descriptions on how to scale a mountain and all the safety precautions the characters have to take and I just... don't care, sorry. So we've talked about the strongest and weakest points of the book, there's only the meh point left aka the characters. I was never attached to them. Maybe I care a bit about Ten (and Ragtooth, obviously) but anything could have happened to Kamzin and River and I wouldn't have cared. I didn't even mind the final plot twist (btw, the plot twist wasn't shocking, everyone can tell something's wrong from the very first pages). I don't think I'm going to read the sequel but who knows, maybe if I'm in the mood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯