Review: The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

  The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood 

What if you knew how and when you will die?

Csorwe does — she will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice.

But on the day of her foretold death, a powerful mage offers her a new fate. Leave with him, and live. Turn away from her destiny and her god to become a thief, a spy, an assassin—the wizard's loyal sword. Topple an empire, and help him reclaim his seat of power.

But Csorwe will soon learn – gods remember, and if you live long enough, all debts come due.

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ARC kindly provided by the publisher (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

This is one of the most original books I have ever read, at least in terms of world building. Sadly I had very high expectations and the book just didn't deliver. It is an okay book mind you, and I (sort of) liked it, in the end but--I still have very mixed feelings about it.


Things I liked:
-The world building!At first it felt confusing but one can't deny that it is also very original,.
- The writing style
- The overall story

Things I did not like:
- The pacing *add moan*
I had huuge problems with the pacing. The first half dragged a lot, the chapters didn't end where one would expect to and as a result reading this book was akin to walking through a swamp... A very slooow endeavor, indeed.
- Csowre. She is so bloody boring!.To me she lacked "flavor". She's loyal and has some positive traits but I found her very boring, especially at the beginning. Most of the time she just goes with the flow... occasionally she rises to the occasion.
- The secondary characters weren't particularly developed .Especially Sethannai. He's so underdeveloped that's hard to understand Csowre devotion for him.

All in all this is an average reading, neither too bad nor too good.

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